Originally Posted by
Hayvern
Sorry, I have to disagree and this post clearly is coming from someone who has not given it enough hard work yet.
Clearly. Lol. Because if you work hard enough, it is just guaranteed that you will be a CEO.
If you get in and learn everything there is to know about the job you are doing and then work hard at it, even if that job is flipping burgers, you will be noticed and promoted.
Unless maybe you have any form of bias from your superiors. Oh, wait. That doesn't happen. Noone has ever shosen their friends for promotion, or specifically deselected someone they didn't like. That sort of thing only happens in real life.
Did you know you could potentially make 200K per year working for McDonalds? I had a friend who started 15 years ago working for McDonalds flipping burgers. In 6 months he was a manager for a store, in 4 years he was managing a region of stores. Now he is in the corporate HQ. I have not talked to him in years, but I am sure he is making better than a middle class salary as he designs work flows.
And, with so many billion people in this country, is there room enough for everyong to make it, if everyone really applies themselves, and does their job to the max?
It is all about how you apply yourself. If you are the kind of person who is going to complain and only put out enough to get through the day, then you are not going to make it in a capitalistic society, but you will be just fine in a socialist society.
And that's that! If you have the most money, it's because you you really did amazing work. Not because you used someone elses operating system to make that maoney. It's because you are the hardest working guy there is.
It's alright if you are that guy, we need those guys too, but you need to accept the fate you have made for yourself and stop trying to take my hard work and success away from me!
Capitalism isn't all about hard work and dedication. The rewards are not distributed in that way. Case in point? Paris Hilton, anyone?
Why would you want to punish me anyway? What have I ever done to you? I have never in my career ever done anything to keep a fellow working down. I have measured myself against them though and always done MORE than they did. While my friends were out partying and having a good time, I studied and got a Masters degree. While my co-workers were angry that they were not getting raises, I was working 60 hours per week to make the company money.
Even if you are one of the few that things worked the way they are supposed to for, certainly doesn't mean that that's how it works on a regular basis.
Because that is what it is all about, you guys who are complaining about capitalism are some of the most selfish people EVER! You don't realize that the way you make money is to make money for the company, most of you just want to complain about how much money the company makes like somehow YOU are owed something for just showing up and gracing everyone else with your presence that day!
There's a concept. The selfish one's are the one's who have nothing. And those who have multiple homes, cars, boats, even jets, are clearly the victims of these overly greedy unsharing broke folks.
Look, healthcare, owning a house, owning a car and having a job are NOT RIGHTS!!! You have to work at it, and there are people on this board who are keenly aware of this.
But being able to provide those things for your family damn well should be.
But how many jobs that pay enough to buy a home are available? Do you really believe that it is enough to employ all Americans, should they all apply themselves?
And do we have some guarantee that, if you do your job as well as it can be done, that that job will be there for you? Not even a promotion, just that you won't get outscourced?
America is the country with the most opportunity in it than any country on earth! Why do you think so many people want to come here??
OK, I'm done, off my soapbox!!
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