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Re:U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter,... by asow92 on Thursday October 26, 2023 @12:05PM (#38027548)
It can take generations of working hard to break out. It took five generations for my family to break out of deep poverty into the upper middle class.
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Re:U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter,... by ativzzz on Thursday October 26, 2023 @12:15PM (#38027715)
Note that I also listed

> are lucky / have talents / have connections / have resources

The more of these you have, the higher your odds of success. Just hard work on its own, like you see, is not necessarily enough

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Re:U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter,... by asow92 on Thursday October 26, 2023 @01:29PM (#38028860)
"I am a great believer in luck, and I find that the harder I work the more luck I have."

— Thomas Jefferson

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