Elinda wrote:
lolgaxe wrote:
gbaji wrote:
Jokes aside, can we agree that everything else being the same, your own outcomes will always be better if you work harder to succeed than if you don't?
And by "everything else being the same" you mean race, gender, age, geography, orientation and such, I'm sure.
Or is this month "details don't matter!" month?
And by work harder you mean lower your exploitation standards and shmooze up to the right people?
Certainly an extra couple hours in the coal mine isn't going to make a noticeable difference in ones financial or social status.
I'm getting a bit aggravated with the frequency in which "just work harder" is used in this sort of conversation. It has become a vague, one-size fits all answer to all of our economic problems.
Like say you want to further yourself economically, no matter who or how well off you are. Ask Joe Sixpack and that's all he'll be able to tell you. "Hurp. Just work really hard!" Ok. Try to apply that to any real life scenario for one minute. It doesn't ******* mean anything.
Last I checked, if you're someone who has a job, and you aren't already doing everything you could be doing, you get replaced with someone who will. You don't move up the social ladder or get recognized for doing the things you should have been doing already.
Social mobility is exactly what it sounds like. Say you work in an assembly plant that manufactures aircraft parts at an entry level position. That guy who sits in the office and makes five times more than you doing a fraction of the work may or may not have started out in the same place as you, but guess what? There are fifty people working the same role as you, and only one or two guys sitting in that office. The only way any of you can "move up" to that kind of position is if one of the two of them mysteriously drops off the face of the planet.
Now let's say one of the two of those office workers dies in a tragic car accident, and you have been "working hard" at that ****** entry level position for a dozen years or so. Well, the boss's son just graduated highschool, so **** you. But wait! The boss's son has decided to go to law school instead! Oh... damn, the boss's brother/cousin/buddy from college wants in. You're SOL. Years later, another position above you opens, and before you can blink that new girl who's only work experience is being a waitress at the Waffle House gets it. Sorry bro, she's got a really nice pair of ******* and the boss really wants to get with that.
No luck involved there. Nope. Sure, you worked really hard just like everyone else. You even took on extra tasks and stayed after hours (
with the boss's permission, otherwise you would be penalized), but that did not make you a successful person.
All that made you was a sucker, and a *****. Meanwhile, all of those years you've been working the bottom rung the price of food, gas, and rent has gone up tremendously, while your pay has not.
Just remember not to do any drugs, and please for the love of sports don't try and breed. It'll make the rich folks' poor as you if they have to pay any taxes. Then everyone will be poor, then no one will have any jobs. Damn Demo-crats.