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One of my problems with it is the horrible and overloaded terminology. "I'll call them losers, but I don't mean they're losers". Fine, find a better and less pejorative term, then.

People deserve dignity, even if they are (sometimes forced into) making economic choices you think suboptimal.

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Indeed, I find the alternative naming proposed on the DaedTech blog a lot better: opportunists/idealists/pragmatists. Giving up on financial ambition and simply enjoying life is a pragmatic choice for many if not most people.

I liked that language. It does help paint "organization's" picture - underline defining traits of each position in scope of said "organization".

Agreed. In fact, the 'minimum-effort Losers' at certain booming industries (i.e. tech) are, in my view and arguably somewhat objectively, absolute 'Winners' of capitalism.

Health-preserving work, at least a bit intellectually stimulating, paying so well that you can amass wealth and/or retire early + limited responsibility and no serious legal/economical fallout due to failure

"Losers" in tech have got a great deal.

Edit: to add - _job mobility_ to a level that even the 'Sociopaths' envy

That isn't an actual quote from the article. The article series quite clearly explains that these people are economic losers because they trade their time (just like the clueless and some sociopaths) for a paycheck but have neither the higher floor of the clueless or the higher ceiling of the sociopaths.

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