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A different way of approaching this mental categorization is political involvement. If "it's all luck anyway" translates to "let's change things to address stru
by Bakary 6y ago
A different way of approaching this mental categorization is political involvement. If "it's all luck anyway" translates to "let's change things to address structural and societal problems" in the political sphere, it's not so bad. The inverse streak would be the concept of pulling yourself by your bootstraps or the moralistic punishment-first attitude towards social ills such as drug addiction and so on.
Lucky people at the top of society believing they made it all by themselves are far more dangerous than fatalism among the masses.
- redis_mlc 6y agoSounds great at first, very soothing. Except it's pure Marxism. SF is trying that playbook. Hopefully the fleeing residents and companies are a warning to other cities in the US.