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Originally Posted by GregE
Not everybody is cut out to start and run their own business. Different people have different skill sets and traditionally they've done best in life by doing what they do best for a living... even if that means working for someone else.
Until rather recently that system worked quite well for everybody involved including the nation as a whole.
Now, not so much.
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That's right. And not everybody wants to pursue wealth. What if someone wants to be a teacher? That takes quite a bit of education and patients. And who could argue that that isn't an important job; one that not everyone can do. Are they to BLAME because they didn't set out to get rich by whatever means necessary?
What about an EMT? When you're bleeding on the road, would you rather have a hedge fund manager be the first person you see?
Neither of those jobs pay much, but both are occupations that contribute more to society than 100 Wall Street douchebags pushing paper and moving money.
Our priorities are all fucked up. Our system is geared by the rich for the rich (they're certainly not going to set it up any other way). The good news is we all get to participate in this society to make it fairer, happier and more peaceful. The bad news is far too few people realize it. We don't need to pick up guns to start a revolution. A phone will do.