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Kasz216 on 05 October 2011
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richardhutnik said:
Kasz216 said:
I wouldn't say those who aren't rich are lazy or don't work hard enough.  I would actually say that there is a certain group of people that can never be rich because they just don't posses the right tools to become rich because they either can't or didn't work smart enough.

There are many ways to become rich, but even if you had complete god like control over every single person i'd doubt you could create a situation in which everyone was at a state we'd consider "rich" currently. 

Though being rich really shouldn't be everyones goal.  Really it shouldn't be ANYONE's goal, since you don't need to be rich to live a good life.

Though most people would be better off if they accepted that they DID make a mistake rather then blame an outside force.

You can pretty much always point to a reason someone didn't succeed.  Afterall most people don't have a flawless view of economic reality.

Afterall, in your particular case, do you really believe if you were given a chance to go back in time and keep retrying to succeed that you would NEVER find a way to be rich no matter how many different choices you made? 

A problem now is, in the political rhetoric, it is the simplified cliches that the rich are greedy and evil, and the poor are lazy (read unemployed here).  

Take a look at this article, which commented on a blog that my story about discontinuation of unemployment benefits came up:


I don't really see the relevance.  Other then the fact that the Wallstreet movement plays into those very stereotypes.

Unless your misunderstanding me.

Just because you fail doesn't mean your lazy.

However failure can almost always be pointed to a mistake personally made.  (Barring some kind of huge accident or sickness or something.)

Often times the msitake was made because people didn't have a perfect view of the situation.  (For example those who go to college thinking any degree will gurantee them a job.)

That doesn't mean they haven't made a mistake though or that it couldn't of been avoided.

I think one of the biggest problems people tend to have is that more often then not, those who failed in whatever refuse to accept that they did make mistakes and rather blame society or some other exterior reason which is basically what 95% of the country does and it pisses people off and gets people to say stupid things.

 

I mean think about it... who are you more likely to give money to?  The guy who blames circumstances for his problems and is bitter.  Or the person who says "Look I made some mistakes, I admit that, but I can't pay for the basic needs nor for what I need to go out there and get out of being unemployed."