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Originally Posted by roachboy
so you'd be good in the radically class stratified context that policies based on your way of thinking has created. the only flaw in your argument, really, is that you have a pollyanna view of how class works. you seem to actually believe this whole bootstrappy horatio alger thing. that's hopelessly naive. but it's an enabling naivete for folk who think as you do, because it allows you to see in class stratification a reflection of virtue. but that's absurd.
it also enables your "be a dick" approach to questions like poverty. the poor are poor because they deserve it.
at least you don't shy away from just how ugly your political worldview is.
and that i have to hand you.
i'm just glad you are nowhere near power
(none of us are. we're posting here. q.e.d.)
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I support the capitalist approach because it has worked for myself and others I know. When I started working I had no assets, my pay wasn't much more than minimum wage, and I lived in marginal neighborhoods because that was what I could afford. I managed to find my way out of that situation without any government help, just going to work every day and working hard. I managed my finances conservatively and still avoid debt like the plague. So now I live comfortably.
I've helped others who wanted to improve their lifestyle as well, but the responsibility to improve themselves was their responsibility, not mine.
I've seen others do well in similar circumstances. In particular, I've respected Asians because I've seen so many of them start from little and manage to become successful.
Why wouldn't I support a system that has worked for me? Why on earth would I want to support a system which provides no incentive for people to work hard and which penalizes those who are successful?