Topic: Capitalism is only good for...
Anonymous A started this discussion 6 years ago #91,482
...people who are already rich and well-connected. No one else has access to capital. So what is the fucking point of Capitalism?
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 8 minutes later[^] [v] #1,040,408
Mostly, it makes a for good story that wealthy people like to tell over drinks someone else is paying for.Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 5 minutes later, 13 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,040,410
itt: OP laments the fact they are not willing to work as hard as people who started businesses and became successful
Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 15 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,040,412
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 17 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,040,414
@1,040,410 (C)
LOL what crap. So, a poor immigrant who literally loads bricks on his back 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, does not "work as hard" as some fat white man who sits in an office?
LOL what crap. So, a poor immigrant who literally loads bricks on his back 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, does not "work as hard" as some fat white man who sits in an office?
Anonymous C replied with this 6 years ago, 3 minutes later, 21 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,040,416
Anonymous C double-posted this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 23 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,040,419
@1,040,414 (A)
Open your eyes grasshopper
https://www.businessinsider.com/billionaires-who-came-from-nothing-2013-12
Open your eyes grasshopper
https://www.businessinsider.com/billionaires-who-came-from-nothing-2013-12
Anonymous B replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 26 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,040,421
@1,040,412 (Sheila LaBoof)
No, you have to pretend that anyone with some pluck and ability can succeed to great heights. That's really key. It makes it way easier to blame poverty on the poor. Some people really do succeed at that shit, and we can hold them up as token examples while underplaying our own privileged upbringing and expensive schooling. If someone is poor, they must be lazy. If someone is rich, they must be working really hard. That's the magic trick. Just keep saying it to all the people you meet over mimosas at dad's country club and eventually everyone will believe you.
No, you have to pretend that anyone with some pluck and ability can succeed to great heights. That's really key. It makes it way easier to blame poverty on the poor. Some people really do succeed at that shit, and we can hold them up as token examples while underplaying our own privileged upbringing and expensive schooling. If someone is poor, they must be lazy. If someone is rich, they must be working really hard. That's the magic trick. Just keep saying it to all the people you meet over mimosas at dad's country club and eventually everyone will believe you.
Sheila LaBoof replied with this 6 years ago, 4 minutes later, 30 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,040,424
indeed, as anyone can climb ahead of thousands of others to be their boss. a little thought about how numbers work, and well, I guess the dream is the joy rather than the achieving
Anonymous C replied with this 6 years ago, 20 minutes later, 51 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,040,426
Waaaahhhhhh life is unfair Booo Hooooo Hooo!!