Capitalism: God's way of determining who is smart and who is poor.
Fun fact: You dont need to be smart at capitalism to win it. It's all about what you define win.
If your endgame is just to continue living, working at mcdonalds (with no advancement) is just barely enough if you live with other people. Which is a living standard you will have to be in since McDonalds is an entry level position meaning literally anyone can pick it up if given the 1 hour ornitatation.
Now if you move up to lower management at mcdonalds you can be making enough to get your own place. With some money that can be put in an emergency fund.
Sure capitalism causes some people to fall through the cracks but if it's not the persons fault for falling through the cracks (mental disorder or physical disability) there are goverment support structures put in place to help you. Now if you have fallen into the cracks due to your own volition it's on you to drag your way out.
The American dream can take more than one generation to achieve if you start at the very bottom. The problem is people continuing the cycle of poverty by making stupid decisions or simply being stubborn to not move to greener pastures.
Pick berries or buy berries. Why not by seeds for a berry bush and wait 3 years for that bush to grow fruit. Oh you want the fruits now? Well you got to pay the people who own the land, grew the bushes, who picked the berries and took out the crappy disfigured ones, then sold them to a distribution company, who drove said berries to a store who placed them in a refrigeration unit within a short drive from your home. All for maybe 4$ per package. Or if you want to be cheaper buy the frozen stuff for 3$ a pound.
Well if we define win as moving past the entry level positions getting enough income for yourself, you would need to be smart. How many other people are willing to earn that promotion? (Sometimes not many, other times you can have half the crew putting in their dues)
If you define winning as starting a family, then you just need two people working 40 hours, which I'm finally breaking through that threshold. So winning in this case is being smart with dating/finding and keeping a partner
I admit there is some dumb luck involved. I just happened to want to try delivering pizzas, I didn't think I'd end up being a manager within 8 months and starting training to take over a store in four/six months. But I couldn't have gotten that if I wasn't smart
If it were easy, everyone would be rich, but if everyone was rich, theoretically then a hundred dollar bill could be worth 1 dollar in today's economy. The country needs fast food workers, people to fold clothes, someone to mop up puke. Even with government assistance they're not gonna make it so no one still has to be in one of those jobs
Take a look at all the propaganda, all the distractions. They want people to work these jobs and spend any extra money on cell phones, tvs, gaming consoles, computers, treat yourself to a fancy meal, whatever but it keeps you in that pit where you have to continue working to support yourself and you'll never dig yourself out because you're at work all the time; unless you're smart and can find a way to give yourself an edge
And yeah, you'd still need the money to buy the berry bush. My point with the berries is yeah, it's possible to survive without any government or economy, but you still gotta put in work. Especially with how frustrating the system can be, it's still nicer buying what I need at a store over an hour versus hunting and gathering
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Capitalism: God's way of determining who is smart and who is poor.
Fun fact: You dont need to be smart at capitalism to win it. It's all about what you define win.
If your endgame is just to continue living, working at mcdonalds (with no advancement) is just barely enough if you live with other people. Which is a living standard you will have to be in since McDonalds is an entry level position meaning literally anyone can pick it up if given the 1 hour ornitatation.
Now if you move up to lower management at mcdonalds you can be making enough to get your own place. With some money that can be put in an emergency fund.
Sure capitalism causes some people to fall through the cracks but if it's not the persons fault for falling through the cracks (mental disorder or physical disability) there are goverment support structures put in place to help you. Now if you have fallen into the cracks due to your own volition it's on you to drag your way out.
The American dream can take more than one generation to achieve if you start at the very bottom. The problem is people continuing the cycle of poverty by making stupid decisions or simply being stubborn to not move to greener pastures.
Pick berries or buy berries. Why not by seeds for a berry bush and wait 3 years for that bush to grow fruit. Oh you want the fruits now? Well you got to pay the people who own the land, grew the bushes, who picked the berries and took out the crappy disfigured ones, then sold them to a distribution company, who drove said berries to a store who placed them in a refrigeration unit within a short drive from your home. All for maybe 4$ per package. Or if you want to be cheaper buy the frozen stuff for 3$ a pound.
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I don't think you should have been down voted, we're almost basically saying the same thing
Well if we define win as moving past the entry level positions getting enough income for yourself, you would need to be smart. How many other people are willing to earn that promotion? (Sometimes not many, other times you can have half the crew putting in their dues)
If you define winning as starting a family, then you just need two people working 40 hours, which I'm finally breaking through that threshold. So winning in this case is being smart with dating/finding and keeping a partner
I admit there is some dumb luck involved. I just happened to want to try delivering pizzas, I didn't think I'd end up being a manager within 8 months and starting training to take over a store in four/six months. But I couldn't have gotten that if I wasn't smart
If it were easy, everyone would be rich, but if everyone was rich, theoretically then a hundred dollar bill could be worth 1 dollar in today's economy. The country needs fast food workers, people to fold clothes, someone to mop up puke. Even with government assistance they're not gonna make it so no one still has to be in one of those jobs
Take a look at all the propaganda, all the distractions. They want people to work these jobs and spend any extra money on cell phones, tvs, gaming consoles, computers, treat yourself to a fancy meal, whatever but it keeps you in that pit where you have to continue working to support yourself and you'll never dig yourself out because you're at work all the time; unless you're smart and can find a way to give yourself an edge
And yeah, you'd still need the money to buy the berry bush. My point with the berries is yeah, it's possible to survive without any government or economy, but you still gotta put in work. Especially with how frustrating the system can be, it's still nicer buying what I need at a store over an hour versus hunting and gathering