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To get somewhere you have to be able to take risks, gather quality feedback (feedback tethered to reality) and create knowledge out of it. For the poor there a

To get somewhere you have to be able to take risks, gather quality feedback (feedback tethered to reality) and create knowledge out of it. For the poor there are scarcely any opportunities, because they can't afford to take risks. For the rich however there are less opportunities to learn from mistakes, because of the lack of consequences. This is why the middle class is important, the lower class is usually pinned down by reality, and the upper class is hardly affected by it. Neither is a healthy relationship with reality.

kurupt213 5y ago
I disagree. People with nothing to lose are risking the least. Poor people can most afford to take risks.
- nicbou 5y ago
  When you run out of money you risk your own health. You are still gambling the roof over your head and the certainty of your next meal. That's a lot more to risk than a few months of savings.
AussieWog93 5y ago
>For the rich however there are less opportunities to learn from mistakes, because of the lack of consequences. Citation needed there. Even though it's not as bad as homelessness, I can't imagine it being easy to tell your rich, successful parents that their child is a fuckup.
- scarface74 5y ago
  My parents aren’t “rich” - my mom is a retired school teacher and dad a retired factory worker. They retired at 55 and 57 respectively. They now in their late 70s. But they have helped me get over a lot of fuckups. - a wrecked sports car because of carelessness when I was young with more dollars than sense. - they never complained about me being a graduate school dropout. - a dumb first marriage and a financially draining divorce - a side real estate business that ended around 2010 (do I need to explain?) This was all before I turned 35. I got better. I would have been in far worse shape if it weren’t for them.
  - buescher 5y ago
    You can think of a two-income family with union jobs and pensions as the bottom rung of the upper middle class. It's more clear than not "rich".

kurupt213 5y ago

I disagree. People with nothing to lose are risking the least. Poor people can most afford to take risks.

nicbou 5y ago
When you run out of money you risk your own health. You are still gambling the roof over your head and the certainty of your next meal. That's a lot more to risk than a few months of savings.

AussieWog93 5y ago

>For the rich however there are less opportunities to learn from mistakes, because of the lack of consequences. Citation needed there. Even though it's not as bad as homelessness, I can't imagine it being easy to tell your rich, successful parents that their child is a fuckup.

scarface74 5y ago
My parents aren’t “rich” - my mom is a retired school teacher and dad a retired factory worker. They retired at 55 and 57 respectively. They now in their late 70s. But they have helped me get over a lot of fuckups. - a wrecked sports car because of carelessness when I was young with more dollars than sense. - they never complained about me being a graduate school dropout. - a dumb first marriage and a financially draining divorce - a side real estate business that ended around 2010 (do I need to explain?) This was all before I turned 35. I got better. I would have been in far worse shape if it weren’t for them.
- buescher 5y ago
  You can think of a two-income family with union jobs and pensions as the bottom rung of the upper middle class. It's more clear than not "rich".