People No Longer Believe Working Hard Will Lead To A Better Life - According To A Long-Running Global Survey A Growing Sense Of Inequality Is Undermining Trust In Both Society's Institutions And Capitalism by EndlessSunflowers in LateStageCapitalism

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You gotta know people. Or learn how to manipulate them if you want to climb the ladder. Hard work alone will keep you fed and housed though if that's all you want

al-Guardian infuriated by BAFTA award winners. Good. by Chipit in funny

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Fuck that racist and sexist newspaper. They aren't journalists anymore, they're left wing activists and don't know it

"War is a racket. It always has been. It is probably the oldest, surely the most vicious. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many." - US Marine Corps General Smedly Butler by magnora7 in quotes

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"All warfare is based on deception" - Sun Tzu

The book on war was written 2500 years ago

What the Iran conflict is really all about by newguy in memes

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The american lobster is too small. It needs to be the size of the room

Do you consider Cattle Decapitation to be Death Metal or Deathcore? by [deleted] in music

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Deathcore is a cringey label imo. Death metal pretty much covers it, progressive death if you really need it. Saw them not too long ago, alright

Survivor bias, food for thought. by [deleted] in whatever

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An interesting example of how we're drawn to protect things which are already protected.

What does "being able to afford" something mean? by RatherSmallPotato in whatever

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It means something cannot be acquired without a decrease in your quality of life or taking on debt which isn't repayable. It can also mean you are unable to acquire the necessary capital at all. The phrase is used to discourage an individual or group from conducting a transaction and it is then to the recipient of the message to evaluate the warning effectively.