The Rise of the Rest – Newsweek

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meritocracy

For better or worse, the U.S. is a meritocracy. Your success depends on your ingenuity, hardwork, genius, and ability. Hard work in and of itself is not a guarantee of success and in fact, there are no guarantees for success here at all.

Is it harder than it used to be? Sure. There will always be external pressures that will change the economies and leave some people in the dust. Is it impossible to succeed? No.

But the problem with the “divide the wealth more equally” argument is that not everyone is equally deserving of that wealth. In fact, it is the opposite, because those who have accumulated that wealth are probably in a better position to make more efficient use of that wealth. I mean, not every rich person in the world is a globe-trotting dilenttante who spends money like water. That’s the illusion. There are a lot of rich people who use their money wisely, donate it, and in fact make good use of their money.

When you want to “divide the wealth more equally”, who decides how the money is to be used? The gov’t? I mean, because clearly they have such a terrific track record of working with money!

Who are you going to give it to? The so-called average American who can’t even save money for themselves?

That’s why the wealthy are wealthy – for the most part, they know how to manage their money.

[dbapig]

Werewolf,

“The South Koreans would love to throw out the US from the military bases.” –> Absolutely not true.

I’m not sure if you were of Korean descent or related to Korea in any way but US military presence in Korea is necessary. Sure it’s inconvenient but look at the map.

N. Korea is just across the border from S. Korea. There is a reason US didn’t attack (limited or all out) N. Korea when US found out N. Korea was developing nukes. And US gov’t seriously considered this. Any kind of war (limited or all out) will cause the kind of destruction and deaths that will make the war in Iraq look a minor event. If you didn’t know this already, you are obviously not qualified enough to make such a statement re US military presence in S. Korea.

And why would you not want a war on Korean peninsula? There are many but since you talk about following the money, the answer I’d give you is that S. Korea has 10th or 11th largest economy. Hence S. Korea consumes lots of products from US.

You are free to have your own opinions but please don’t make statement re Korea when you don’t know that much. Mean no offense.

Besides, S. Korea is one of the best examples of nation-building that worked, although it took 40 + yrs before a democracy was able to take root. I guess that’s why it is/was foolish to believe that Iraq can be a democratic nation in the time period our gov’t led us to believe. S. Korea doesn’t have the kind of religious conflicts like Iraq and it still took 40+ yrs for it to gain stable democracy…

[dbapig]

Werewolf,

“The South Koreans would love to throw out the US from the military bases.” –> Absolutely not true.

I’m not sure if you were of Korean descent or related to Korea in any way but US military presence in Korea is necessary. Sure it’s inconvenient but look at the map.

N. Korea is just across the border from S. Korea. There is a reason US didn’t attack (limited or all out) N. Korea when US found out N. Korea was developing nukes. And US gov’t seriously considered this. Any kind of war (limited or all out) will cause the kind of destruction and deaths that will make the war in Iraq look a minor event. If you didn’t know this already, you are obviously not qualified enough to make such a statement re US military presence in S. Korea.

And why would you not want a war on Korean peninsula? There are many but since you talk about following the money, the answer I’d give you is that S. Korea has 10th or 11th largest economy. Hence S. Korea consumes lots of products from US.

You are free to have your own opinions but please don’t make statement re Korea when you don’t know that much. Mean no offense.

Besides, S. Korea is one of the best examples of nation-building that worked, although it took 40 + yrs before a democracy was able to take root. I guess that’s why it is/was foolish to believe that Iraq can be a democratic nation in the time period our gov’t led us to believe. S. Korea doesn’t have the kind of religious conflicts like Iraq and it still took 40+ yrs for it to gain stable democracy…

[dbapig]

Werewolf,

“The South Koreans would love to throw out the US from the military bases.” –> Absolutely not true.

I’m not sure if you were of Korean descent or related to Korea in any way but US military presence in Korea is necessary. Sure it’s inconvenient but look at the map.

N. Korea is just across the border from S. Korea. There is a reason US didn’t attack (limited or all out) N. Korea when US found out N. Korea was developing nukes. And US gov’t seriously considered this. Any kind of war (limited or all out) will cause the kind of destruction and deaths that will make the war in Iraq look a minor event. If you didn’t know this already, you are obviously not qualified enough to make such a statement re US military presence in S. Korea.

And why would you not want a war on Korean peninsula? There are many but since you talk about following the money, the answer I’d give you is that S. Korea has 10th or 11th largest economy. Hence S. Korea consumes lots of products from US.

You are free to have your own opinions but please don’t make statement re Korea when you don’t know that much. Mean no offense.

Besides, S. Korea is one of the best examples of nation-building that worked, although it took 40 + yrs before a democracy was able to take root. I guess that’s why it is/was foolish to believe that Iraq can be a democratic nation in the time period our gov’t led us to believe. S. Korea doesn’t have the kind of religious conflicts like Iraq and it still took 40+ yrs for it to gain stable democracy…

[dbapig]

Werewolf,

“The South Koreans would love to throw out the US from the military bases.” –> Absolutely not true.

I’m not sure if you were of Korean descent or related to Korea in any way but US military presence in Korea is necessary. Sure it’s inconvenient but look at the map.

N. Korea is just across the border from S. Korea. There is a reason US didn’t attack (limited or all out) N. Korea when US found out N. Korea was developing nukes. And US gov’t seriously considered this. Any kind of war (limited or all out) will cause the kind of destruction and deaths that will make the war in Iraq look a minor event. If you didn’t know this already, you are obviously not qualified enough to make such a statement re US military presence in S. Korea.

And why would you not want a war on Korean peninsula? There are many but since you talk about following the money, the answer I’d give you is that S. Korea has 10th or 11th largest economy. Hence S. Korea consumes lots of products from US.

You are free to have your own opinions but please don’t make statement re Korea when you don’t know that much. Mean no offense.

Besides, S. Korea is one of the best examples of nation-building that worked, although it took 40 + yrs before a democracy was able to take root. I guess that’s why it is/was foolish to believe that Iraq can be a democratic nation in the time period our gov’t led us to believe. S. Korea doesn’t have the kind of religious conflicts like Iraq and it still took 40+ yrs for it to gain stable democracy…

[dbapig]

Werewolf,

“The South Koreans would love to throw out the US from the military bases.” –> Absolutely not true.

I’m not sure if you were of Korean descent or related to Korea in any way but US military presence in Korea is necessary. Sure it’s inconvenient but look at the map.

N. Korea is just across the border from S. Korea. There is a reason US didn’t attack (limited or all out) N. Korea when US found out N. Korea was developing nukes. And US gov’t seriously considered this. Any kind of war (limited or all out) will cause the kind of destruction and deaths that will make the war in Iraq look a minor event. If you didn’t know this already, you are obviously not qualified enough to make such a statement re US military presence in S. Korea.

And why would you not want a war on Korean peninsula? There are many but since you talk about following the money, the answer I’d give you is that S. Korea has 10th or 11th largest economy. Hence S. Korea consumes lots of products from US.

You are free to have your own opinions but please don’t make statement re Korea when you don’t know that much. Mean no offense.

Besides, S. Korea is one of the best examples of nation-building that worked, although it took 40 + yrs before a democracy was able to take root. I guess that’s why it is/was foolish to believe that Iraq can be a democratic nation in the time period our gov’t led us to believe. S. Korea doesn’t have the kind of religious conflicts like Iraq and it still took 40+ yrs for it to gain stable democracy…

[stockstradr]

>> For better or worse, the U.S. is a meritocracy.

Close.

This country has become a mediocre-cracy. Mediocrity rules. A genius from China with a graduate degree cannot get into our country but TENS OF MILLIONS of mediocre illegal immigrants stream in every day from Mexico, and Central America. Our educational system is a joke. I could go on and on. Depressing.

[stockstradr]

>> For better or worse, the U.S. is a meritocracy.

Close.

This country has become a mediocre-cracy. Mediocrity rules. A genius from China with a graduate degree cannot get into our country but TENS OF MILLIONS of mediocre illegal immigrants stream in every day from Mexico, and Central America. Our educational system is a joke. I could go on and on. Depressing.

[stockstradr]

>> For better or worse, the U.S. is a meritocracy.

Close.

This country has become a mediocre-cracy. Mediocrity rules. A genius from China with a graduate degree cannot get into our country but TENS OF MILLIONS of mediocre illegal immigrants stream in every day from Mexico, and Central America. Our educational system is a joke. I could go on and on. Depressing.

[stockstradr]

>> For better or worse, the U.S. is a meritocracy.

Close.

This country has become a mediocre-cracy. Mediocrity rules. A genius from China with a graduate degree cannot get into our country but TENS OF MILLIONS of mediocre illegal immigrants stream in every day from Mexico, and Central America. Our educational system is a joke. I could go on and on. Depressing.

[stockstradr]

>> For better or worse, the U.S. is a meritocracy.

Close.

This country has become a mediocre-cracy. Mediocrity rules. A genius from China with a graduate degree cannot get into our country but TENS OF MILLIONS of mediocre illegal immigrants stream in every day from Mexico, and Central America. Our educational system is a joke. I could go on and on. Depressing.

[kewp]

That’s why the wealthy are wealthy – for the most part, they know how to manage their money.

The vast majority of the wealthy people I know had rich parents!

[kewp]

That’s why the wealthy are wealthy – for the most part, they know how to manage their money.

The vast majority of the wealthy people I know had rich parents!

[kewp]

That’s why the wealthy are wealthy – for the most part, they know how to manage their money.

The vast majority of the wealthy people I know had rich parents!

[kewp]

That’s why the wealthy are wealthy – for the most part, they know how to manage their money.

The vast majority of the wealthy people I know had rich parents!

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