Quote (CyrusTheGreat @ Jun 7 2021 02:07am)
But, how am I behaving as if I am devoid of any responsibility - fair question? Would you not call any of this a display of personal responsibility? If not, why not?
Also, you didn't even ask me where I began after starting to pull myself out of the crater? To give context, I will share by default:
I began in a call center taking mindless phone calls where I repeated the same script over, and over (and over) for 8 and a half hours a day. They hired anyone and there were 22 people in my original training class. one still remains with the company to date and moved up in her career path as I did (an idea of the turnover/fire rate).
I had no skills, no direction, no fancy, parent funded degree and I needed a job because I had 2 kids, so I took this job that paid less than $23,000 a year. I spent almost 4 years (and minimal raises - I think I barely broke 30 at my highest) in that role learning as much as I could and connecting with as many people as I could. My first promotion I had to apply and interview five times before actually getting it (I was passed up 4 prior).
There is no"I can't" (I mean within reason, we will always "can't" fly by flapping our arms, but that's different), there is "I don't want to" and "I don't feel like putting in that much effort". Neither will honestly never be a justification of expansion of social safety nets that are given away for free at any point. Like I said in my most recent response - at face value, that economic model is not viable long-term in any conclusiary outcome in the realm of possibility.
Do know - none of this is intended to be hostile, but, what I believe is going to be very difficult to change having lived through what I have and being able to take a few seconds every now and then and step back and realize where I made it to today (and I can say the same thing about one of my friends who is black that I used to run with back in the day - he's actually a nurse now on his own merits and got 2 years of schooling for free by working in that same call center i mentioned above - first homeowner in his family ever and I'm damn proud of him).
Everyone can change their "stars" - so to speak
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There is no"I can't", there is "I don't want to" and "I don't feel like putting in that much effort".
That's an interesting opinion.
Sadly, I do not agree.
We know there are cultural groups. So this means that the brain can be shaped in depth. Some people have similar opinions.
Try to draw like Stephen Wiltshire. Try to memorize like Kim Peek. Try to calculate like Rudy Gergam. Try to lift 150 Kg like Arnold Schwarzenegger.
You can not. The human body and the human spirit are capable of many things, but they need to be prepared to accomplish these things.
This is why it is fundamental to have charity.
One of the greatest scientific creations is the theory of relativity, and it was not created by a capitalist. So, a little humility.
The Americans spied on Dassault's work. So a little humility. By the Americans' own admission, America does not have a monopoly on intelligence and innovative creation.
Could Albert Einstein's father have created the theory of relativity? No.
But he was able to educate and instruct his son Albert. He offered him all the elements necessary for him to become a genius.
Capitalism is a system where people survive and are constantly exhausted.
All this to say that some things are impossible for some of us.
Ask Albert Einstein to work in a telephone call center. Maybe he would have done a terrible job. It doesn't mean he doesn't "want to", it just means he's designed to do something else.
Every human has to do a job that suits them. The problem is that some people are suited for almost no job. Society has always looked down on artists.
Capitalism is a system that boycots artists and people with different talents.
Capitalism is a system that prevents progress and discovery.
It's quite ironic since Americans love discovery.
Obviously, when you kill all the original and different people, there is nothing left to discover.
Americans are daleks. They love the purity of productivity and they eliminate all those that are under-productive. Capitalists are daleks.
This post was edited by Chevaucheur on Jun 7 2021 08:50am
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