• Cosmic Cleric
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    01 year ago

    You and I both know that the odds are stacked, between the haves, and have nots. And for the halves to tell the have nots to suck it up and just pull up on their bootstraps doesn’t always work.

    The first group of people (aka haves) getting into power forceify their power base so that only they and their friends benefit from it.

    Democracy is supposed to prevent that, but it’s only as good at preventing that as it is the people you elect to office.

    • @[email protected]
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      -21 year ago

      I wasn’t born with a silver spoon up my ass. I worked my ass off and used any resources that I could find. It took time and hard work. I didn’t sit around waiting for a handout and being upset at the world for not getting it.

      • Cosmic Cleric
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        11 year ago

        I did as well, and was successful in doing so, but it definately wasn’t a fair/equal field to walk through, which goes to my point.

        • @[email protected]
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          01 year ago

          The world isn’t fair. It is impossible to be fair to everyone and having and real world experience would show they. Especially since fair is subjective.

            • @[email protected]
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              01 year ago

              The world is what it is currently. You can change your perspective or option on it, but that is only internal. You can change how you react and deal with the world.

                • @[email protected]
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                  -11 year ago

                  I’m pretty sure you are taking that quote way to literally. That or you apply it to others and not yourself.

                  • Cosmic Cleric
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                    11 year ago

                    That or you apply it to others and not yourself.

                    What proof do you have of this?