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I'm not disagreeing, I'm just saying the far more nuanced "anyone should be able to live comfortably if they put in the work" (along with the realization that t
by hnbad 4y ago
I'm not disagreeing, I'm just saying the far more nuanced "anyone should be able to live comfortably if they put in the work" (along with the realization that this may not currently be possible for some people as "living comfortably" still requires a magnitudal improvement of their current situation because there is a very high floor thanks to the costs of living including healthcare) directly contradicts the popular narrative that considers systemic problems irrelevant to individual success (e.g. the usual talk about guaranteeing "equal opportunities not equal outcomes" falls apart if the opportunities simply can not be equal under the current systems).