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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
government wants worker bees, not leaders to fill the various mediocre jobs that need to be done out there.
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And this is the flip side of the token...
Corporations want worker bees, so they'll sponsor all sorts of educational development in the name of creating a better work-force.
But you're right, success is like the Olympics... How many people compete, and manage to win the Gold? Probably less than 1%.
How many people succeed at becoming professional musicians? Probably less than 1%.
How many people succeed at becoming professional basketball or football players? Definitely less than 1%.
And there's no way in hell we're going to somehow bring the 99% up to those levels. The opportunity is there currently. I think it's really short sighted to focus on the most successful and treat them like they've been given an unfair hand. But the unfair-disadvantage, if one can actually be quantified... is probably at the parenting level. And as long as we've got kids having kids at age 15 years old, and people with zero income having kids... I really don't think that's a problem that can be fixed.
Why doesn't OWS talk about that? lol