Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 7:04 pm
RCSaunders wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:42 pm
As ruthless and intractable as reality is and as tough as life is, that is not only true, but for anyone willing to do the work, the rewards of a life earned and achieved by one's own effort are many times more than any cost.
Yeah, you said that. But if you think that works out for most people, you need to get out of the house more.
You keep making assumptions. Most people are total failures in life. I you look around, almost everyone complains about all the things in life they are unhappy with, all believing that someone has deprived them of some supposed, "rights," they are just suppose to have. No one is willing to do the hard work of learning all they possibly can, of always using the best reason they are capable of, of doing the work required to achieve a truly successful life.
I see failure and misery everywhere, but I know it's the consequence of those individual's own chosen actions, just because they are willing to believe any lie that promises them an easy safe life and unearned wealth. They all look for shortcuts--why work so hard to learn, just believe what your peers, teacher, and athorities tell you. Why do all the hard work of thinking and planning for the future when you can vote for the party that promises to take care of you in your old age. Why work so hard to make sure your children are educated when the government will force your neighbors to pay for your children's education. But then they complain that the teachers are not teaching the children or are teaching them what they do no like, such as CRT. Well, they asked for it.
Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 7:04 pm
I've been in the middle of the then-second-biggest slum in the world, a group of four million desperately poor people, all in one area. I've met some of them, of course. They're very ordinary people with very hard circumstances. Some are downright noble, actually...hard-working, fiercely loyal, devoted to family, uncomplaining in the midst of horrendous circumstances.
Me too. I've seen the same and anybody can in almost any part of the world, especially those dominated by superstitious and repressive religions, like India, Myanmar, Pakistan, most of East Africa and much the middle East, or Hatie or much of South America. There is something obscene in calling the beliefs and practices of such people, "downright noble."
I'm sorry those people are ignorant, superstitious, and for whatever reason cannot motivate themselves to achieve more, (many do and leave, of course), but like it or not, their lives are their own making. If you've ever tried helping them you may have discovered for yourself, they actually resist improving themselves. They actually prefer their ignorance, superstitions, and subjugation to their, "traditions," and authorities. They prefer their squalor.
The next time you are wringing your hands over the poor, do a little research into how many can read and what they have to read and their attitude toward thinking for themselves.