Everywhere you search for online, and social media, from books, videos, from psychologists, from therapists, from Rich people, etc. – They ALL tell us luck is a myth, that everyone has both good and bad luck, that it’s all about “mentality,” and “mindset,” and if “you just worked harder…” you’ll get there. that it’s all about personal responsibility etc etc
It’s all bullshit. You could be the smartest and hardworking person you know, and have the best personality (though most ppl have shit personalities and refuse to admit they’re shitty)- you can and will still fail.
If you’re born in many parts of Africa, you’re pretty much fucked.
If you were born gay in the Middle East- you’re pretty much fucked.
If you’re born dirt poor in Calcutta, India- you’re fucked.
Hell, if you’re born dirt poor ANYWHERE, you’re pretty much fucked.
If you’re born to abusive parents. You’re fucked.
If you’re born to crack addicted parents, you’re fucked.
If you grew up on the shit end like I was, you’re pretty fucked.
To think that life is 90% hard work, effort and mentality is bullshit.
You can work your ass off as much as you want, you can be as smart as Einstein- but if you’re born in the slums, what chance do you have in making it out?
ALL the mf’ers saying it’s “personal responsibility” never grew up in poverty or had abusive parents. All of these ppl grew up in either comfortable or privileged lives.
OFC if you grew up with all these nice things happening to you since birth, you’re going to WANT to think “oh but it’s my HARD WORK, not that you happened to be born to good parents and had the privilege to go to a good school or had a peaceful and enriching childhood.
Take all that lucky “upper hand” away, and you’ll likely be a wage slave, just like 80% of America or 80% of the world, if not 90%, depending on the country.
Bill Gates didn’t become Bill Gates bc of his “hard work.” Even that creep admits it.
We have been brainwashed by MSM, by social media, by society, by the rich, by all the “experts” to believe that life is all about hard work, intelligence and persistence- that’s all horseshit.
Told to us so that we stay good little wage slaves/worker bees and not complain.
I dare ANYONE who grew up as a crack baby, or born in the slums of Calcutta, or born to parents who never fed you or changed your diapers- to grow up happy, healthy and become successful.
Maybe someone will beat the 1:Million odds, but you won’t see it often. Why? Bc most of these hurdles are RARELY overcome.
Tell someone born with Downs Syndrome or cancer or no legs that “life is all about hard work, if you haven’t got there, it’s bc you haven’t worked hard enough!”
Those who grow up privileged will NEVER admit it. It’s always “oh but I worked hard, that’s why.”
Really? If that’s the case, why are idiots, especially rich idiots, who are always in positions of power and money? Never the poor. Rarely does a poor person become someone in high power. Hell, rarely do you ever see a person growing up in abject poverty become happy, healthy successful adults, let alone in a high position of power.
Obviously, I”m not saying hard work and intelligence plays NO role- just not a big role as you were led to believe. Rather insignificant actually, compared to the “luck” of being born middle class in the US or Sweden vs the slums of Africa or India.
Anyhow, I say this bc I was one of those unfortunate souls born into a shit life. Hell, even the fucking fortune teller I went to when I was 12 said my life was fucked (who says that to a 12yo kid who never said a word to her prior to walking up to her)?
Go watch the millions of killer documentaries and you will find that 95% of these ppl grew up either in poverty, or abused, and usually both.
***Life or luck isn’t “what you make of it.” It was GIVEN to you- good or bad (or for most Americans “avg”).***
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Yep the ‘hookups’ are real, esp. for middle and upper classes.
My dad worked for the govt…he was about to retire and had good job lined up for me if I wanted it.
At the time I was doing ok financially and found some success in a business I had started…so I turned the job offer down to focus on growing the business.
Unfortunately months later, I lost a major contract and my business went under. Ofc by then it was too late for me to get that cushy job.
I’ve fired off hundreds of resumes over the years and (at least in Canada) I can tell you its nearly impossible to get a decent job that way.
You have to know somebody or you luck out when there’s mass hiring or through employment agencies. So concurred with everything you said.
I can’t imagine how the poor even survive in their dire situations.
Since the world will not change to help the poor, there should be a message sent to all of them, which is really simple-don’t reproduce.
These people are so fkg dumb…they see how much they’ve suffered and they commit the ultimate mistake of bringing kids into the world and then force them to suffer like they have.
If billions of poor people stopped having kids, a lot of unnecessary suffering would end.
Ofc the jobs they did would be vacant and the mid/upper classes would have to compensate for that…but still better than having a miserable life.
Then perhaps it would also force the elites to share the wealth more fairly as well, since the poor would mostly die off and they’d need them to do the menial jobs.
But it’s always down to the individual level. Had my parents had the common sense not to have kids, it would’ve saved us from a lot of misery.
Though my dad would’ve abandoned my mom and due to health issues (as she got older), she would’ve eventually been unable to work and ended up homeless.
Being Christian she’d never consider suicide, so she’d end up on the streets and probably get kiilled by strangers or from the elements.
It’d be a horrible way to go for her…so I guess in that sense I’m glad I was here to prevent that terrible outcome. But kids shouldn’t really have to exist just to look after their parents…that’s also a kind of slavery.
All the more reason for Maid to be universal…that’d free people from that need to have kids to look after them and they could just end their lives if/when they had enough.
Wow that’s terrible luck. Imagine if you had taken your dad’s cushy job? Your life probably would’ve been very different.
Same with me. I wonder how my life would be different if I had done x thing or hadn’t done y thing or made z decision.
I feel like I was destined to fail- despite the fact that I did “everything right” up until my car accident. And then it was all downhill from there.
Indeed…well at the time my business was doing well and needed my full attention. I was about to make a big leap in income also, which is why I turned down the job, but sadly it fell apart.
By ‘cushy’ I meant stable (not high paying) and it wouldn’t be too hard with a slightly above average income, plus the chance to get promoted to better positions over time.
Eventually, govt jobs became competitive and sought after…it might’ve put me in that middle class life we were talking about-esp. if I found a gf who was also working.
But that’s the story of my life, as the saying goes.
I know what you mean…when I was young I feared that my life wouldn’t progress as I wanted and it became a self-fulfilling prophecy. Mind you I did the best I could in my situation to get ahead but couldn’t.
Still never say never…I’m working on turning it around and hopefully it’ll happen soon.
Ya that accident really ruined everything for you…esp being in the US health care system which isn’t free like ours.
If that accident didn’t happen and/or they gave you the right treatment, your life would’ve been much better…at least you’d have your health to pursue a career.
“Being Christian she’d never consider suicide“
But Christianity (and all religion) is also one of the main reason s why ppl keep popping out more and more kids. Bc their religious leaders tell them to.
it’s pretty shitty for life to be set up so that unless you have children, you’ll get old, sick, helpless and have no one to look after you. That’s pretty much the #1 reason why ppl have kids.
Yes it’s selfish, but what choice did humans have (up until things like MAID). And even retirement homes, they are non existent for poor ppl.
Apparently, retirement homes you have to pay into. I did not know this until I went to a retirement home (they had a seminar) and I asked a question and I was surprised that unless you pay for a decade or two into it, you do not qualify for retirement home).
So then what do ppl do?
It’s just like life insurance- you do not qualify for ANYTHING unless you pay into it. At least that’s how shithole USA functions.
That’s pretty much why ppl have children. Although you only need 1-2. Ppl who have 3,4,5+ are beyond stupid, especially poor people.
If you’re poor, you have more children so you stay poor? Do poor ppl not realize that poor ppl rarely EVER get out of poverty? Destining their progeny to a life of more poverty and a crushing existence.
I don’t think ppl are smart enough to know this basic fact.
For sure-I can see the logic in people having kids to look after the parents in old age. I’m taking Maid for granted now, but I’ve lived long enough to know what it’s like not to have maid, pretty scary. Not to rub it in, I realize it’s not available in the US.
I talked to my mom about it and she still doesn’t want to take that option, but hopefully in time she’ll change her mind esp. as she gets older or best case scenario she passes away in her sleep…but hopefully in 5-10 years. I’d like her to stick around for a while.
It might work differently in the US, but we do have to pay here on a monthly basis for a retirement/nursing home. I think there is some govt assistance for it.
However I’ve heard too many horror stories of elderly people being abused, neglected so I would never want that for my mother. Fortunately I believe my (good) sister will take her in should something happen to me.
I agree it’s idiotic for poor people to have more than a couple of kids…they’re costly.
And you are right, with no maid…what can people do when they get old? There is a need for kids at that point-it’s like a pyramid scheme.
Maid does free us from that…or simply choosing DIY methods where there is no maid…which is very risky.
[“Destining their progeny to a life of more poverty and a crushing existence.”]
Bang on…it’s one of the meanest things a person can do to another person, esp. a helpless child.
[“I don’t think ppl are smart enough to know this basic fact.”]
The poor often tend to be selfish, short-sighted idiots. Even though they’ve suffered, they don’t stop to think that they’ll pass the suffering onto their kids.
But I think you’re right about Maid…if it was freely available to everyone, then people would think twice about having children…knowing they can end their lives before they become mentally or physically unable to look after themselves.
Certainly that’s the plan for myself if I never get a wife/kids in the near future. Though I suspect I’ll be fairly healthy into my 70s and 80s like my parents, if I manage to stick around that long.
Honestly it’s not the kind of topic people in our somewhat youngish age should be even worried about…we should be thinking about vacations and sleep around….had our lives gone better, but here we are.
As a sickly person with no kids, I am worried though. What will happen to me when I’m too sick to take care of myself?
MAID in other countries is just too hard for Americans to get on the list. Even people in those countries Have difficulty in getting on that list and actually getting MA ID. They accept too few cases, and there are too many people on the waitlist.
Ya I do feel for Americans, not having access to maid, when it’s really a no brainer, like abortion also.
I have read that nations like Switzerland (and maybe also Holland) do offer it to citizens of other countries…so it might be worth looking into.
Though you are right, if they have tough standards to get approved, it might not work…but no harm in checking it out.
Unless someone invented a magic pill that anyone could buy off the streets to ‘off themselves’ it seems Maid will be the only surefire way out of this existence.
Nem was about the closest thing but rotten people made sure to get it stopped being made and accessible to ordinary people.
It was nearly ‘perfect’….but the beauty of it was if it failed, you’d just go into a deep sleep and wake up hours later, with zero damage to health. That’s a win-win imo.
What’s needed in the US is for Right to Die groups to rally in every state and demand they are given Maid…that’s how we got it in Canada. It’s a long slow fight, but you can win with enough pressure.
I have already looked into it in other countries. It is incredibly difficult to get selected. Way too many ppl on the waitlist and they do too few cases. And They only select the worst of the worst and the most non-controversial cases so idiots don’t object and shut them down.
Another option is to come to Canada, I think you can get citizenship in about 3 years…they also have urgent processing, like for a job, for example…(don’t know if they could do it for Maid).
Ofc you’ll have to waste 3 plus years of your life…but at least maid is guaranteed (to succeed)…not to mention the free health care we offer, if you decide you prefer to stick around instead.
As you know housing is costly (came down a bit recently) and hard to get jobs….but if anyone can manage to find work here, it’s a good place, overall to live.
I can’t get a visa in Canada or anywhere in the EU unless I have already secured an in-demand job there. And securing one is insanely tough, especially since EU does NOT want Americans (understandably). Canada doesn’t want Americans anymore either (also understandably).
So….I’m pretty much either stuck in shithole USA or immigrate to a 3rd world country…
Sorry to hear…I didn’t realize it was so tough. Also I think in general they’re cracking down on people entering western nations.
I just saw on wiki, there are 14 states that have some form of assisted suiicide and Oregon seems to allow people from outside the state.
Since you live there so you probably are more familiar with it than me.
They also mention 72% of the US population support Maid…so once again it’s the religious lunatics in the US that are stopping the vast majority from getting maid. That’s a tyranny of the minority, not democracy.
i’ve already looked into Oregon ages ago. it’s insanely difficult to get on ANY list ANYWHERE in the US or overseas. the few places that do assisted sui only take like 1% of cases bc there’s so many applicants and so many ppl on the waitlists. you’ll die of natural death before you can even get on the list.
no- 72% of Americans think euthanasia should be LEGAL. that’s different than “supporting MAID” which most Americans are not.
“A majority of Americans support assisted suicide for terminal patients, with recent polls indicating support levels between 51% and 65%. ”
—Americans think assisted suicide should ONLY be used on terminal patients. They do not think assisted suicide should be used on NON-terminal patients, and definitely not on depressed ppl.
—People in the US are not as “left” or progressive as other western countries. Even politically, we don’t have a left, but a CENTER left.
“It’s a long slow fight, but you can win with enough pressure.”
Unfortunately, this will never happen in the United States of Stupid.
Ya odds are low…but I was surprised that even we succeeded here…so you never know. If people really fight and believe in something it could happen.
Just reminded me how stupid Americans are and how horrendously they treat pregnant girls/women who want abortions…
they’ve let so many die from scepsis and other health issues in their cars. because they refuse to give them abortions. Infuriating and heartbreaking.
Religion lunacy destroys so many lives.