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If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful because you worked hard, just as if you are tall with long hair it does
by lifeguard 13y ago
If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful because you worked hard, just as if you are tall with long hair it doesn’t mean you would be a midget if you were bald.
Historically, a story about people inside impressive buildings ignoring or even taunting people standing outside shouting at them turns out to be a story with an unhappy ending.
99 percent is a very large percentage. For instance, easily 99 percent of people want a roof over their heads, food on their tables, and the occasional slice of cake for dessert. Surely an arrangement can be made with that niggling 1 percent who disagree.
source of quotes: http://occupywriters.com/works/by-lemony-snicket http://occupywriters.com/works/by-lemony-snicket
- dylangs1030 13y agoDid you read the article? This isn't about Occupy Wall Street at all. It's not criticizing the 1% and doesn't seem in line with your comment here.
- lifeguard 13y agoDo you know what the occupy movement is about at all? I don't think so. It is not about Wall Street.
- dylangs1030 13y agoNo, but Wall Street is the biggest success (that I know of) of that movement. I'm not saying your ideological stance is wrong, I'm saying it doesn't seem relevant to this article.
- lifeguard 13y agoI up voted this reply. Good point.
- mseebach 13y agoThat article is well written but that's concealing a lot of logical fallacies. Hard work might not be a perfect predictor of success, but it's a lot stronger than the relationship between baldness and height. I also enjoyed the vague, there but not quite, threat of violence that you quoted the beginning of. Also, the fallacious audacity of claiming to speak for the 99%. If the 99% had any kind of common ground to their concerns, they could elect a vast majority in every single elected body in the US and get their way, almost overnight (in practice, it'll take four years).