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The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it."
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RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it."
You can be president of America is "technically" true, for example when meeting constitutional requirements, sure. There was time in American history nobody thought a Catholic would become president, but we had JFK. There was especially a time in American history when nobody thought a black man would be President, but OBAMA twice!

Still not the point, on any job, of any industry. It still remains that most people, if lucky, end up in jobs that they can pay their bills and save money for retirement. THAT is where most people IF LUCKY end up.

Don't falsely accuse me of saying, "Aim low". I fucking hate that shit. I am saying no matter where someone ends up in class, all classes make a pluralistic society work. There is a trash collector in Beverly Hills. There is a Janitor at the Ritz Carlton. There is a migrant farm worker that harvests your fruits and grains. There is a road worker who fills in potholes. There is a wait staff who serves you food and puts up with your fucking bullshit when you shit on them for your own impatience.

NOBODY is begrudging success. All I am arguing is take into account those who support those who do succeed.
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The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by Brian37 - September 6, 2020 at 12:40 pm
RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by Brian37 - September 6, 2020 at 3:25 pm
RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by Brian37 - September 6, 2020 at 3:38 pm
RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by Sal - September 6, 2020 at 3:41 pm
RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by Brian37 - September 6, 2020 at 3:49 pm
RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by Brian37 - September 6, 2020 at 3:59 pm
RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by Brian37 - September 6, 2020 at 5:00 pm
RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by Brian37 - September 6, 2020 at 5:37 pm
RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by brewer - September 6, 2020 at 5:15 pm
RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by brewer - September 6, 2020 at 6:10 pm
RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by Brian37 - September 6, 2020 at 6:19 pm
RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by Brian37 - September 6, 2020 at 6:54 pm
RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by Brian37 - September 6, 2020 at 7:56 pm
RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by brewer - September 6, 2020 at 8:22 pm
RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by brewer - September 6, 2020 at 8:51 pm
RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by Brian37 - September 6, 2020 at 6:06 pm
RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by Brian37 - September 6, 2020 at 6:36 pm
RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by Grandizer - September 7, 2020 at 5:01 am
RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by Rhizomorph13 - September 7, 2020 at 11:43 am
RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by onlinebiker - September 7, 2020 at 11:54 am
RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by Rhizomorph13 - September 7, 2020 at 12:36 pm
RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by Sal - September 7, 2020 at 1:36 pm
RE: The dangerous fallacy of "You can do it." - by Sal - September 7, 2020 at 2:02 pm

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