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Re: Jobs Guarantee (yes or no) [Moonrocket] [ In reply to ]
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Moonrocket wrote:
SDG wrote:

The coming age of folks are much less independent and resilient than generations ago and have a more collectivist mindset than that of rugged indivuality. It is what it is. Since we are going that way, might as well let the government take care of everyone.


The rugged individuals that succeeded hoarded opportunities. They voted not to fund public universities. They stopped employment training programs in companies and told the kids to pay for it themselves. I know a lot of directors and above at work without a degree. Just none under 45 because that work your way up in a company path no longer exists- it is 100% blocked by job requirements of a degree. I went through school/work right at the break point. I have brilliant friends high up in high tech with no degree just 5 years older than me- but none younger.

The opportunities available for hard workers with out resources behind them in big companies are way smaller than they were a generation ago.


Interestingly, a guy I know has decided to recently become a Ben Shapiro fan, being the rugged individual that he is. He ended up getting a history degree, which in most cases would have landed him a job as the manager of a Pizza Hut. He's 47 and grew up in Reston, VA. His best friend gets a degree in Physics and lands a job at a startup as a configuration management specialist. He then gets his three best friends hired in their early 20s, the other two having a marine biology degree, and a 3 month IT certificate.

So it just goes to show you that if you apply some rugged individualism, make friends the smart kid who lives across the street from you, and have your mom move you into the #2 tech corridor in the world during the biggest tech boom in history, you too can have the privilege of becoming fans of right wing pundits who convince you that you did it all on your own.

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