• ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    I’m not saying you didn’t work to get where you are, but if you ignore completely the chance and luck you had, then you’re just arguing in bad faith.

    Even more so if you can’t see that people entering the workforce now have less chances and need more luck to get where you feel you worked hard to get.

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      I don’t rely on luck. Too risky. I do what I have to do and use what I’m given to make the best of my situation. Complaining and blaming others got me nowhere. I’m simply pointing out what I’ve witnessed over the last three decades.

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        I don’t rely on luck. Too risky. I do what I have to do and use what I’m given to make the best of my situation.

        You may not rely on luck, but do you recognize that you are at least the beneficiary of luck? You could be the exact same person you are born at two different times (or even the same time in two different geographies), and have drastically different opportunities available to you.