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"will be likely a majority of people who are not going to want to work overtime cleaning toilets. "

Tell that to immigrants that come here and want all the OT they can get to save money to buy a house, start a business, etc.

I am a CEO of two companies. A one percenter. I worked as a janitor for a year while attending college. It was a perfect job for that as I worked at night. I did so well that the owner of the company gave me a crew and additional locations. I learned a great number of things that are part of my knowledge and skills climb that enable me to handle the job of corporate CEO.

Yes there are some people that will be stuck cleaning toilets because they lack the language skills or other innate capabilities to advance. But for most people their failure to advance is explained by their "not wanting to work" mindset.

Certainly there is a problem with single mothers and the challenges of child care. There is a solution for that problem but it starts with a simple lesson in self control in unprotected sexual activity. Other than that there is no reason that anyone should not be working, and if low wage, working to gain skills and experience that allow them to advance to a higher paying job.

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I think it's great that you have risen to the 1% but you realize everything you are discussing about your story is an example of survivorship bias? The 1% exists because of the 99% who helped you get there. Not everyone can be you.

I think that not wanting to work is definitely not going to be a key to success in our current society. However, I'd like to see a society where you didn't have to work in the sense that you didn't have to spend your time being productive in the current definition of the term.

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Lol. You do realize that attributing the 99% as being responsible for my success is the epitome of the mindset of a collectivist looter. It is this biggest crock of shit dished out by the over educated under producing social and economic malcontents.. that not only did not help, are consumed with resentful energy to block, check, stall and destroy those that do succeed by their own efforts because that demonstration is inconvenient to the victim narrative and makes the malcontents feel even worse about their whiney miserable lives.

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