• Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    That’s absolutely not what it means. As someone who went from homelessness to 6-figures, smart moves don’t require stomping on others.

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      23 hours ago

      Oh, but around here it does. No one gets ahead, no one succeeds, no one has money unless they stole or inherited it. You new here?

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        23 hours ago

        Both are true, of course. Working smart is of course easier if you have options other than working at McDonalds vs. Burger King, and if you can grow in them. If you don’t have too many pressing needs that are so immediate that you can’t spend time on the side studying etc.

        It’s good to be born with the privilege of being able to take time off or do your work in a smarter way, but that is a privilege not everyone has