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And this is the myth of "The Man is keeping me down". It allows people to ignore that their choices are by far the biggest factor in what happens in their live
by newfriend 5y ago
And this is the myth of "The Man is keeping me down".
It allows people to ignore that their choices are by far the biggest factor in what happens in their lives, and instead allows them blame society and take no responsibility.
- ranma4703 5y agoYour unsourced colloquialisms is a pretty tone deaf response to this comment, but I guess you're demonstrating their point, good job
- nickthemagicman 5y agoI think your claim is partially true. People can make good/bad choices but the amount and types of choices a person even has available to them, is very dependent on pre-existing family success/wealth. Jeff Bezo's kids will have more choices/opportunities than a middle class kid who will have more choices/opportunities than a poor kid. Starving Syrian Refugess have very minimal choices or opportunities. So your average middle class or poor person has some choices but is much more at the mercy of their ENVIRONMENT than Jeff Bezo's kids who can bend the environment to their will with money. Your heels seem pretty dug into your belief's so there's a good chance I'm wasting my time by talking to you but whatever.
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- YrAz3EGttt 5y agoThere's a spectrum between the extremes of "over consumption" and "the man is keeping me down". And in the middle there's also "simply playing the hand you're dealt". Looking at the comments here, it seems like people cherry pick anecdotes or statistics to support their beliefs about the distribution.