I notice that when anyone says anything negative about the rich on the internet, people show up at lightspeed like you insulted their mom to defend them
There’s a widespread faith and believe in the idea that there’s opportunity in every corner, regardless of familial status or other shortcomings.
This belief is largely factual, as the vast majority of unicorn founders and billionaires come from an upper middle class uninteresting background.
I guess it depends on what opportunity means to you. Does it mean something that’s “likely” or “less than one in a thousand”? To me, a “one in a thousand” chance to strike it rich is not good enough to justify the immense suffering our economic system causes.
51st in percentage of the population that lives in poverty [1]
Decent but worse than social democratic countries like France and Germany in hunger [2]
Ranked below Canada, France, Germany, the UK in healthcare outcomes, which all have more socialized systems than we do [3]
So I stand behind my broader point: the culture of individualism in the US benefits a select few and hurts us as a whole.
1: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/poverty-r... 2: https://journalistsresource.org/home/food-insecurity-health/... 3: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/sites/default/files/2024-09...
If someone has a good argument regarding x, it is not a good response to say “why are you defending x?” Just respond to the argument on its merit. You’re not adding anything useful to the conversation.
Too much influence, too much power over others, and way more than their share of... Everything.