Re:Why So Many Elites Feel Like Losers
by TheOtherHobbes on Sunday March 12, 2023 @04:26PM
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Yes - that's the rhetorical foundation of this piece of nonsense.
It's not that you can't have a career in the arts - it's that you can't even have a career in the arts. Or a successful boutique online small business.
So you should definitely lower your expectations.
There's nothing wrong with steering some people towards the trades instead. But if even 50% of the people in the Social Media long tail decided to become a plumber, roofer, or builder, what does the author think would happen to their hourly rate?
Meanwhile the real elites are buying huge companies, firing thousands of people on a whim, and running those companies into the ground like drunken frat boys - but without any noticeable difference to their living standard or opportunities.
They're also saying "As a CEO and/or investor mistakes were made, so - thanks, but bye. Well now I feel so terrible, but never mind, I'm sure I'll get over it somehow."
Not a surprise to find the author is a Musk apologist and Twitter sceptic but also a professional critic of progressive politics.
It's not that you can't have a career in the arts - it's that you can't even have a career in the arts. Or a successful boutique online small business.
So you should definitely lower your expectations.
There's nothing wrong with steering some people towards the trades instead. But if even 50% of the people in the Social Media long tail decided to become a plumber, roofer, or builder, what does the author think would happen to their hourly rate?
Meanwhile the real elites are buying huge companies, firing thousands of people on a whim, and running those companies into the ground like drunken frat boys - but without any noticeable difference to their living standard or opportunities.
They're also saying "As a CEO and/or investor mistakes were made, so - thanks, but bye. Well now I feel so terrible, but never mind, I'm sure I'll get over it somehow."
Not a surprise to find the author is a Musk apologist and Twitter sceptic but also a professional critic of progressive politics.