The economic conditions you're born into signifigantly effect your oppurtunities. If the opposite were true then everyone would be pulling themselves up by their bootstraps, which of course isn't true.

It can effect your oppurtunities yes but you can still be successful and rich if you try.

My grandad started off going to england for a job then came back with a shoe and a pound or something. Then he climbed the ladder by working very hard and did so until he died. Now my family is rich.

Only like 1 in 10 people in the lower class end up making six figures. Surely the other 9 were trying hard enough and weren't lucky enough.

And this was very long ago and in Ireland.

Well good for your family

From where?

It's not all about luck, its mainly about skill.

In the US. It's a broad assesment but it's modt likely based in truth

Skill that is usually acquired in school.

Yet most of the people in america arent lower class I assume.

Not all skilled people get rich. Nikola Tesla died starving and in poverty and he contirbuted greatly to science.

That's true but that was also another time too. Perhaps if he contributed during these days he'd gain a lot I imagine.

But in general most skilled people get jobs and dont die of poverty.

Not sure about back then but nowadays they certainly do.

There are still skilled people who just arent lucky enough or dont have jobs available or just have to support their family or something.

But in the end most people generally dont suffer the same faith, especially the skilled and educated.

Fun fact: the word "meritocracy" was invented in 1958 by English writer Michael Young for satirical purposes.

Well then again there are a whole lot of unskilled people who are rich and have jobs so you could at least assume the opposite for poor people.

Was it a joke about communism?

Most of the rich are skilled though.

No dipshit

Very few are rich because they're "lucky"

>what is inheritance

Some are rich because they grow up in a rich family too but in general most people gain it themselves.

Inheritance for me would be like 20% due to the huge death tax we have here.

Which is enough either way since Im obviously going to get a job by then

hmm

My best solution for the homeless and poor is to give them jobs and teach them how to work hard and effectively at it.

That way they wont need to constantly depend on people for money and can provide themselves with it.

What is the net worth of your parents?

He went to play GTA

Of course

I wouldnt know, my father works at the bank to make sure nobody is stealing people's money and works hard enough to provide for himself and my mother is a secretary and receptionist who works for her brother who's an honorary consul general for ghana after my grandfather passed away.

My mother doesn't work anymore though but she's financially stable I assume.

Same for my father since he's pretty wise when it comes to handling and saving money most of the time.

My grandfather was lucky though, but he worked very hard for that luck. It's not easy to mine for gold.

And yes, this is totally GTA.

Leech

Mr E is bourgeois scum confirmed

Why because Im more successful than you two?