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On the other hand, look at the many immigrant entrepreneurs, most of whom have far from Puritanical backgrounds. I hail from ex-Soviet Union (and I think you mi
by romanhn 10y ago
On the other hand, look at the many immigrant entrepreneurs, most of whom have far from Puritanical backgrounds. I hail from ex-Soviet Union (and I think you might as well?), which had none of the "work hard and you'll be rewarded" attitude and more of "to each according to their needs". Yet I'm quite happy to dream on occasion.
- gaius 10y agoWell yes and no. A part of the Marxist ideology was that the Workers Paradise lay just around the corner if only everyone worked hand and sacrificed for it now, and if you died before it happened, you knew that your grandkids would see it. It was exactly the same delayed-gratification mechanism - and also why Marx was adamant that all other (competing) religions needed to be killed off.
- andrei_says_ 10y agoAn attitude which turned to be unrealistic and unachievable and was quickly recognized as propaganda bs. People from the "socialist" countries saw through the bs relatively quickly and adopted the attitude "you pretend to pay me and I pretend to work" When such a person moves to an environment where a real chance exists to reap the rewards of their labor, they get the proverbial wings. The puritan/religious seem to be unconscious of the oppressive programming and see it as their own "values" I wish there were easily accessible statistics for startups "making it" vs failures. People should be able to know what the odds are for the lottery ticket they buy with ~5 years of their lives. Maybe someone can create an app for calculating your startup's chances.