"...in the effort to show the reader how they can elevate themselves from the stuff in life that glues them to the status quo."
I can do this in a lot fewer words than a book: If you live in the United States and aren't already rich -- Move. That's it. One word. Move.
Everyone will tell you success isn't a guarantee. But you can put yourself in a better position to take advantage of any opportunities that do come along -- thus improving your chances. Right now, there are no opportunities in our country. College is too expensive, the job market is shit, the wealth gap is growing by leaps and bounds, our government turns a blind eye to
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Monday May 13, 2013 @03:43PM (#43713417)
Wouldn't you think the more problems there are the more opportunity there is? We need people to fix the bridges, infrastructure, health care, finance, etc... I think you are jumping the gun prematurely. Although you right about the gap and the slower social mobility its not doomsday yet and unless you can leave the planet, I am not sure where you can hide from it....
Hence the qualifier - "aren't already rich." The opportunities for making things right exist for those with the resources to do so. For anyone else, attempting to fix things during after-hours of a 60-hour-a-week job will be like tilting at windmills. For example, not only is fixing a bridge practically impossible without owning expensive tools, but it's not even your bridge, and most bridge-owners don't look kindly upon random people fiddling with their bridges.
You see but you do not observe.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes"
Shorter answer (Score:4, Insightful)
"...in the effort to show the reader how they can elevate themselves from the stuff in life that glues them to the status quo."
I can do this in a lot fewer words than a book: If you live in the United States and aren't already rich -- Move. That's it. One word. Move.
Everyone will tell you success isn't a guarantee. But you can put yourself in a better position to take advantage of any opportunities that do come along -- thus improving your chances. Right now, there are no opportunities in our country. College is too expensive, the job market is shit, the wealth gap is growing by leaps and bounds, our government turns a blind eye to
Re:Shorter answer (Score:0)
Wouldn't you think the more problems there are the more opportunity there is? We need people to fix the bridges, infrastructure, health care, finance, etc... I think you are jumping the gun prematurely. Although you right about the gap and the slower social mobility its not doomsday yet and unless you can leave the planet, I am not sure where you can hide from it....
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Hence the qualifier - "aren't already rich." The opportunities for making things right exist for those with the resources to do so. For anyone else, attempting to fix things during after-hours of a 60-hour-a-week job will be like tilting at windmills. For example, not only is fixing a bridge practically impossible without owning expensive tools, but it's not even your bridge, and most bridge-owners don't look kindly upon random people fiddling with their bridges.