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Things are rarely black and white. You will find privileged people who completely lack productive traits, and you will find unprivileged people who are extreme
by smallgovt 8y ago
Things are rarely black and white. You will find privileged people who completely lack productive traits, and you will find unprivileged people who are extremely productive.
However, I think the GP's core argument is correct. That is, as a whole, less-privileged people are less productive in a work environment than people from privileged backgrounds.
I think we should accept this fact and understand the reasons this is a setback we're willing to face on the path to equality of opportunity.
- devoply 8y ago> less-privileged people are less productive in a work environment than people from privileged backgrounds. Some evidence needed. People are throwing out statements as fact without any justified basis. Most of what I have seen from unstressed higher class is that they act like adult children who throw tantrums when things don't go their way; in fact Scotty from Star Trek in a TNG episode makes this exact point about Starfleet Captains. The workers are the productive ones who actually do the work. Long gone are the times where that upper class would tell those workers exactly what to do as the work is too complicated for that. All the people at the top are good at doing is talking to other overgrown children at the top that control the capital... and rewarding themselves when things go according to plan and punishing those who do the work when they don't -- or punishing them even when they do -- i.e. layoffs.
- cam_l 8y agoEverything that contradicts my point of view is an exception, everything that confirms it is proof. Since there are a lot of poor people, and few privileged, i get a lot of proof and very few exceptions.