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Post #388,018
by crazy
3/28/14 11:52:54 AM
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New Not true
I was born into the servant class. I did very well. I fucked up and didn't play by the rules and got caught. But that was MY fault. I chose that direction. I never went to college, never played sports, and am short. I never joined the right groups, I never shmoozed the right people. But I made myself useful, and was part of the American dream, no matter who hated me because of who my parents were. I do not blame the system for my choices. I'm sure I would have done FAR worse in any of the other possible systems.
Post #388,019
by drook
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3/28/14 12:15:24 PM
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New But ...
If you had been from the right family, it never would have occurred to anyone to look around after doing what they were supposed to be there for. Or rather, they would have known better than to satisfy their curiosity.

Having the right connections isn't just about improving the upside, though it certainly does that. It's also about eliminating the downside. This not only insulates you from bad decisions and bad fortune, but also gives you a safety net to try riskier things -- which is where the biggest upside opportunities come from.
--

Drew
     Dean Baker: Don't fear the robot overlords. - (Another Scott) - (33) - March 27, 2014, 08:19:29 AM EDT
         Ever the apologist. - (mmoffitt) - (32) - March 27, 2014, 09:38:02 AM EDT
             Eh? -NT - (Another Scott) - (22) - March 27, 2014, 10:46:31 AM EDT
                 Capitalism is the enemy of the People. - (mmoffitt) - (21) - March 27, 2014, 01:14:40 PM EDT
                     Wasn't aware that we weren't Capitalists in the pre-1970s... - (Another Scott) - (20) - March 27, 2014, 12:03:27 PM EDT
                         he has point, as do you - (crazy) - (1) - March 27, 2014, 01:11:58 PM EDT
                             Concur. Sadly. -NT - (mmoffitt) - March 27, 2014, 01:13:38 PM EDT
                         Was speaking of productivity gains. - (mmoffitt) - (17) - March 27, 2014, 01:13:04 PM EDT
                             I agree with Reich's thesis. - (Another Scott) - (16) - March 27, 2014, 02:14:38 PM EDT
                                 On Capitalism's "Success". - (mmoffitt) - (15) - March 27, 2014, 04:16:34 PM EDT
                                     Meh. - (Another Scott) - (14) - March 27, 2014, 06:34:05 PM EDT
                                         Heh. Back to "the lessor of two evils" are we? - (mmoffitt) - (13) - March 27, 2014, 08:30:08 PM EDT
                                             Better is better - (drook) - (8) - March 27, 2014, 08:39:16 PM EDT
                                                 Tilting at windmills - (crazy) - March 27, 2014, 09:50:11 PM EDT
                                                 Regulating the ever-loving shit out of employers works -NT - (pwhysall) - (1) - March 28, 2014, 04:15:47 AM EDT
                                                     What he ^ said. -NT - (mmoffitt) - March 28, 2014, 08:09:36 AM EDT
                                                 I don't know how many more times ... - (mmoffitt) - (4) - March 31, 2014, 09:13:28 AM EDT
                                                     Some good points. - (Another Scott) - (3) - March 31, 2014, 09:59:00 AM EDT
                                                         That's not optimism. That's delusional. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - March 31, 2014, 01:58:36 PM EDT
                                                             DeLong is an economist with a strong interest in history. - (Another Scott) - March 31, 2014, 09:42:19 PM EDT
                                                         And Thanks! - (mmoffitt) - March 31, 2014, 02:03:29 PM EDT
                                             LessEr. LessOr is opposite of Lessee... - (CRConrad) - (3) - Dec. 12, 2014, 08:24:35 AM EST
                                                 Miss the quotation marks around it? ;0) -NT - (mmoffitt) - (2) - Dec. 12, 2014, 08:38:14 AM EST
                                                     Those are around the whole expression. - (CRConrad) - (1) - Dec. 14, 2014, 06:56:43 PM EST
                                                         I yield. ;0) -NT - (mmoffitt) - Dec. 15, 2014, 08:49:42 AM EST
             the bigger problem - (boxley) - (8) - March 27, 2014, 11:49:28 PM EDT
                 Hey! - (Another Scott) - (3) - March 28, 2014, 12:03:25 AM EDT
                     It all depends on being born into the right family . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - March 28, 2014, 01:53:28 AM EDT
                         Not true - (crazy) - (1) - March 28, 2014, 11:52:54 AM EDT
                             But ... - (drook) - March 28, 2014, 12:15:24 PM EDT
                 This could be just-as-Big. Maybe terminal--for most of us. - (Ashton) - (3) - March 28, 2014, 06:50:16 AM EDT
                     so you own nothing, the government rents it to you no thx -NT - (boxley) - (1) - March 30, 2014, 11:31:08 AM EDT
                         Digital-think slogans can not be reasoned-with (or against.) -NT - (Ashton) - March 30, 2014, 03:55:15 PM EDT
                     Well, you're right about that... - (dmcarls) - March 31, 2014, 02:31:31 PM EDT

Before such superhuman attainments of sustained triviality one stands in something like awe.
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