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In reply to the discussion: Billionaire Sam Zell: "The 1% work harder." [View all]wickerwoman
(5,662 posts)126. I'm not going to argue
that working hard and choosing the right major, etc, are all good things and likely to lead to a more comfortable life than not working hard, etc.
But the point of this thread is the claim by a 1%er that everyone in that category works harder than everyone not in the category and therefore deserves that success more than people who don't have as much. And that is obviously and demonstrably not true. I suspect it's not true in the majority of cases even.
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Yes, socialization is very different for working class people and wealthy people
deutsey
Feb 2014
#28
The top 5 percenters I'm related to didn't inherit squat. They work really hard, all the time.
Shrike47
Feb 2014
#83
BINGO! The number one predictor of "financial success" is being born to money, period.
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2014
#116
My husband and I earned Ph.D.s from Ivy League institutions and NONE of the candidates came
anneboleyn
Feb 2014
#134
Most people I know who have done well have done so with some sort of social subsidy.
haele
Feb 2014
#77
Let's be realistic. Becoming part of the 1% is unlikely to happen to any of us
badtoworse
Feb 2014
#103
And the final point for success is in the nature of hierarchy, which is how humans socialize.
haele
Feb 2014
#70
Items one through six sound like a rather accurate description of Ken Lay...
LanternWaste
Feb 2014
#85
you mentioned what they have; here's what they don't have: a conscience. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Feb 2014
#118
Good points, but being in the top 5% is very different from being in the ownership class.
Incitatus
Feb 2014
#148
A CNBC favorite . .. just like fellow shitpigs Ken Langone and Bernie Marcus.
HughBeaumont
Feb 2014
#34
Our wealthy class is the most pampered, hypersensitive collection of crybabies on the planet.
Marr
Feb 2014
#42
if you two factories too close together, just buy them and close one! don't be lazy!
unblock
Feb 2014
#44
I'd love to see him spend just one week working two minimum wage jobs while taking mass transit
riderinthestorm
Feb 2014
#48
No Mr Asshole. If we taxed you enough you'd have to produce more volume and hire more workers...
L0oniX
Feb 2014
#49
His father was a successful grain broker in Poland, became a successful wholesale jewelry dealer
El_Johns
Feb 2014
#61
He probably paid one of his flunkies to outline his "talking points".
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2014
#62
There you have it: Poverty is a moral failing, a character flaw. All better now?
Hekate
Feb 2014
#76
Yeah, well, then why are my closets still in disarray if he's workin so hard?
Kurovski
Feb 2014
#108
I know people who are rich because they worked their asses off building a business.
Nye Bevan
Feb 2014
#109
I saw the jerk was on Bloomberg yesterday making an ass out of himself. He started to rant about
lostincalifornia
Feb 2014
#127
Andrea Tantaros on Fox (regarding the 99%): "they sit around eating fried chicken"
anneboleyn
Feb 2014
#133
Did you know some of our soldiers are so lazy that they qualify for food stamps?
TheKentuckian
Feb 2014
#143