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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
Many of those people don't want help. Yes there are many who do, but there are a number who don't. I'd also say there are NGOs that take care of them, feed, clothe, house.
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I realize that you live in NYC, and as such see many homeless people, but I speak with them every day and I can tell you that this attitude is no where near as common as one might think. Most of those who have given up have done so because they feel that the opportunities simply do not exist even if they do their best. I've been working to create job placement services in the downtown area and I can tell you it's damned hard to find a company who is willing to hire someone they know to have been homeless. The deck is stacked against them.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
No but again, the loser is the loser, no matter how you slice and dice it. Again, life is a competition in it's basic forms. The lion has to run faster than the antelope and the antelope has to run faster than the lion. Sometimes the lion wins, sometimes the antelope wins. Yet somehow there is harmony and balance.
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Life may be a competition, but we're a social species. We are demonstrated to work well together. People who have strong familial bonds and strong friendships are likely to be emotionally healthier. Sure we compete but do we do so to the point that the "loser" is starving on the street with no reasonable hope of ever having a normal life again? I'd say we all lose when that happens.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
Yep, that's true, but again a determined person will push forward at all costs and succeed where someone who doesn't have the same drive or initiative will not succeed as much or in the same/similar fashion.
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But drive alone does not guarantee success, even eventual success. Ability, drive, and intelligence does not guarantee success. There are no guarantees, because life isn't fair. That's just it, though: life may not be fair but we can sure do a lot to make it as fair as we can.