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RE: Radically Different Solutions to Common Goals

in #voluntaryism7 years ago

Well said and you included a point which I have thought about quite a bit for a while now, which is that being born in the wealth extremities is a matter of chance and resenting those "spoiled" or born in wealth is indeed misplaced. Counterproductive, in-fact.

I feel like people should focus instead on realizing that life is just a bunch of random chance and that's no reason to resent others born better off than you. So yes, it is unfair at times. But what can you do to surmount your struggle or to improve your situation and those of others who are in a similar position?

Simply refusing to change, overcome, and believe that nothing you do is going to matter, get's you no where. When you begin to change you begin to realize that everything is possible; and not only are you leading your way to a better life but you are paving a road for others around you... Unless you choose to isolate yourself I guess.

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Thank you for your comment. You seem to agree with me but when you said, "So yes, it is unfair at times", you chose to use the word "unfair", which my post explicitly made the opposite point. I would like to clarify whether you agree with me on this point or not?

I suppose in your context if something was unfair then the feeling of resentment is justified, so "Happenstance is not unfair." or random chance is never unfair. So yeah I used it incorrectly here. I just meant to use it to illustrate the difference between two things, but I should probably have chosen another word