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I am not going to downvote you, but that's just not always correct. Plenty of people have come from nothing to become billionaires. (Oprah!) But plenty of peop
by unreal37 7y ago
I am not going to downvote you, but that's just not always correct.
Plenty of people have come from nothing to become billionaires. (Oprah!) But plenty of people are trapped in a situation and can't just remove themselves from those traps.
Not everyone can learn Python and make $65 per hour by next week. Let's have empathy for people who really want to do better but can't, and see if we as a society can help them.
- stallmanite 7y agoI think it’s an ugly undercurrent lately where everybody has to be super exceptional/motivated/passionate/etc or they’re worthless and deserve to be discarded by society. Every member of an animal population can’t be exceptional. Are we just doing eugenics rube-goldberg style?