Quote Originally Posted by Suppressed Poet View Post
Also I reject the notion that America is not a place where the opportunity to achieve wealth is out of reach even for the poor/working class or economic mobility doesn’t exist. Sure it’s not perfect, no country is, but anyone can make something of themselves if they put in the work. I am living proof of that and I’m sure there are many others on the PC who can testify to that as well.

Your victimhood mentality & lack of accountability for your life choices is what is keeping you poor. To expand on that and so you can see I am not just singling you out, I believe that I too could absolutely become a billionaire if I fully dedicated myself to achieving that goal. I don’t have that ambition, drive, and work ethic, etc. to accomplish that. That’s nobody else’s fault except my own. I’m happy with what I have accomplished and will continue to build wealth, just not at that level.
i'm not sure where you get that I have a victimhood mentality because I'm arguing that billionaires got where they are from a heavy dose of luck. I'm not in any way poor and my family is very well off, but you can't just become a billionaire from hard work, ambition, etc - that is fucking ridiculous. there are something like 350 million people in this country and only like 700 billionaires. you're telling me those 700 people are the only ones out of 350 million that have the work ethic to do what they've done? you're saying that if you were to give any of those other 350 million people the exact set of circumstances that those other people were placed into, they couldn't do the same thing? lol come on