From Vox
https://www.vox.com/conversations/2...-meritocracy-robert-frank-success-luck-ethics
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If you’ve been successful, you didn’t get that on your own,” President Obama declared four years ago at a campaign rally in Virginia. “If you’re successful, somebody along the line gave you some help.”
Obama was pilloried for this statement. For conservatives, it was sacrilege, an offense against the individualist ethic. It’s a treasured mythology in America, this belief that hard work and a touch of grit is all one needs to succeed.
Reality is more complicated than that, however. Talent and drive can take you a long way, but it’s often not enough. Luck, as it happens, is every bit as important. Being born to the right parents helps too.
/Qutoe
Interesting article regarding how Cons and Libs see things. Libs don't get off scott free either....
Thoughts?
https://www.vox.com/conversations/2...-meritocracy-robert-frank-success-luck-ethics
Quote
If you’ve been successful, you didn’t get that on your own,” President Obama declared four years ago at a campaign rally in Virginia. “If you’re successful, somebody along the line gave you some help.”
Obama was pilloried for this statement. For conservatives, it was sacrilege, an offense against the individualist ethic. It’s a treasured mythology in America, this belief that hard work and a touch of grit is all one needs to succeed.
Reality is more complicated than that, however. Talent and drive can take you a long way, but it’s often not enough. Luck, as it happens, is every bit as important. Being born to the right parents helps too.
/Qutoe
Interesting article regarding how Cons and Libs see things. Libs don't get off scott free either....
Thoughts?