Agree or Disagree, while some people have easier paths to it, success is typically hard to come by and sustain in today's world?

[Anonymous]

Agree

Disagree

[MisterWack]

There is a long line of ultra rich people getting away with slaps on the wrist as everyone else in his legal situation time and time again would get sent away forever facing major consequence. Weaponizing the legal system with their money to get the outcome they wanted, if you have less money you are less likely to win against the ultra rich making accountability nearly impossible.

This applies to businesses worth billions and trillions in assets, which push anti competitive measures via lobbyist intervention into political public servants who prioritize their agenda over the needs of the many all traded for the needs of the few.

Definitely a seated few are built to come by and sustain a happy, healthy, financially viable life over others and this keeps expanding true as housing inflated 402% and wages stay stagnant actually wages have less buying power today than ever before, thanks in part by the rising cost of living. Wages haven’t increased to meet inflation in decades and it seems like you have to have a second or third job to stay afloat as CEOs get paid $15 million an hour for sitting on their butts all day however can’t afford to give you a better wage.

[MisterWack]

Not to mention the fact you will find better success in this life with generational wealth , connections , and tools at your disposal to achieve greatness. Poverty and those lacking connections will be put at a disadvantage, not just that but there are laws to keep certain people down and others up.

[Chazmatazz269]

Yes, it’s hard. It’s supposed to be hard. If it was easy, everyone would be billionaires and nobody would clean toilets or take away trash.
HARD work, commitment and dedication, not everyone is willing to do what it takes to be successful but everyone wants the rewards for it. THAT is the problem.
You cannot have what you did not earn. This is a simple fact of life.

[Abbycado]

Not sure. I can only look at the hard work my parents put into their lives and careers and compare. I don't think it is much different than the effort I have to put in.

If anything, I have it easier considering the hard work they have done has provided me with opportunities maybe some don't have.

[Anonymous]

success has a lot to do with genetics, financial background, parent's education. Its been proven that financially stable, EDUCATED parents with careers tend to raise more successful children.

[midnightmoon05]

Lots of exceptions.

[Opinion Owner]

@midnightmoon05

Rare exceptions don't count

[Opinion Owner]

@midnightmoon05

If you want to maximize your child's chances of success it's important that the child receive adequate financial resources such as tutoring, money for college and also career wisdom from parents. Educated parents tend to raise kids who do better in school. Why? The reason is obvious. Educated parents speak better English than uneducated parents. They can tutor their own children. Educated parents know what it takes to succeed in the real world. Definitely better than being raised by an uneducated parent whose only job is cleaning bathrooms at McDonald's.

[Opinion Owner]

Educated parents also tend to have better work connections than uneducated parents working lowly jobs. Imagine this... an educated parent who has worked in finance for 30+ years, now is working as a top manager at a hedge fund. Of course he's going to be more well connected than a "nobody" cleaning bathrooms at a fast food chain. A nobody that nobody knows.

I have seen parents help their kids get great jobs this way.

[Opinion Owner]

By the way, 80-90% of law school or medical school students don't come from impoverished backgrounds. Poor families can't afford to send their children to medical or law schools. No financial aid for graduate degrees.

[midnightmoon05]

You win. Good luck living your miserable life. I stay away people like you that’s why I succeed and those who think like me wins. Most think like you… FAIL! 90% of the society!

[midnightmoon05]

All they do is complain.

[Opinion Owner]

@midnightmoon05

People are allowed to complain when they know they don't have an advantage. They can try their best but realize that it is 4x harder for a poor child to succeed than a rich child. Nobody is telling you it's impossible. But a poor child has to climb 4 mountains to reach the same level of success that a rich child only had to climb 1 mountain to reach

Don't get your personal biases or personal feelings involved because we are dealing with the lives of children here. It's not ok to fool around with human lives. It's the matter of life or death, being able to pay bills or not

Unfortunately many parents refuse to acknowledge what their kids need in order to preserve their own egos

[Opinion Owner]

@midnightmoon05

[Master_Debator]

I agree...

I mean...

Most people are no longer buying a house, putting themselves through college, and supporting a wife and 3 kids on a job at McDonalds anymore.

Thanks Democrats. What would I do without these extra taxes, higher rent, and wondering if I'll get stabbed in the throat to support Samolian lering and autism daycares? What would I do?

[WindAtMyBack]

What do you mean by hard to come by? What do you mean by success?

Too many people expect something for nothing. Yea, you gotta work for it. If that means hard to come by, then yes, it's hard to come by. But it doesn't require anything special or out of the ordinary.

[MrChinaski]

Through most of human history, life was solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short (Hobbes).

You have it easier than any generation that came before.

Stop whinging and do something with your life.

[OneViewpoint]

Success has always been hard to come by and sustain in every society at any point in human history. The pyramid always get smaller towards the top.

[noohair]

Success requires years of hard work. 10-12-14 hour days. You measure your days by tasks not hours. If you don't want to make this effort, don't complain.

[Miristheiss]

It depends on where you are. What country.

[slatyb]

That depends on your definition of success.

[midnightmoon05]

I disagree.

[beefcakebradybatson]

Yep.