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AZ Progressive

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10. Horatio alger is used to kick the poor and unfortunate in America. Just because..

Reply to gobears10 (Original post)

Fri Sep 25, 2015, 11:50 PM

Sep 2015

one or a few people managed to rise up from poverty or whatever other things prevent them from getting a better life doesn't mean that everyone else can. The elite in America love to ignore the role that luck plays in success. Most successful people had a great mentor or a great someone that gave them moral support. What about if you were not fortunate to get that?

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I fucking hate how our society is so status and money oriented!! [View all] gobears10 Sep 2015 OP

This teacher thanks you. LWolf Sep 2015 #1

absolutely gobears10 Sep 2015 #2

I also hate people who judge by these criteria . I think part of it is insecurity Person 2713 Sep 2015 #3

Avarice is our religion. it is sickening. JanMichael Sep 2015 #4

+1 DirtyHippyBastard Sep 2015 #12

Well said! sibelian Sep 2015 #5

And more often than not these days... Marty McGraw Sep 2015 #6

You are really forced into it... cap Sep 2015 #7

Same shit, different century. n/t jtuck004 Sep 2015 #8

Bookmarked daleanime Sep 2015 #9

Horatio alger is used to kick the poor and unfortunate in America. Just because.. AZ Progressive Sep 2015 #10

Another thing that they don't tell you about "success" is that it is one thing to attain it, it is.. AZ Progressive Sep 2015 #11

"It's worse than I thought" ... seems kind of appropriate here ... eppur_se_muova Sep 2015 #13

Materialism without character is not first-rate. Waiting For Everyman Sep 2015 #14

You don't think money and status should be important. Igel Sep 2015 #15

Gobears, FWIW, although the dominant culture is awful, Hortensis Sep 2015 #16

Status is everything in our culture. Oneironaut Sep 2015 #17

mhmm gobears10 Sep 2015 #18

When you replace one religion with another, you have to replace the rituals too. Shandris Sep 2015 #19