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Midnight Writer

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4. Don't worry. Your hard work DOES lead to economic gain. Just not for you.

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 10:45 AM

Sep 2

We have hundreds of billionaires, trillion-dollar corporations, a level of wealth beyond any country in the history of the world.

And it is the hard work of common folks like me and you that made it happen.

But all that wealth is reserved for our betters. Too much wealth in our pockets will spoil us. Make us lazy. Make us uppity. Make us think about things other than keeping a roof over our heads or where our next meal will come from or how to pay for our children's upbringing. Dangerous things, like demanding a fair day's pay for a fair day's work.

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Americans Lose Faith That Hard Work Leads to Economic Gains, WSJ-NORC Poll Finds [View all] BlueWavePsych Sep 2 OP

Well, that's what you get when Chasstev365 Sep 2 #1

WOW.............. Lovie777 Sep 2 #2

Some of us had already lost it. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Sep 2 #3

Don't worry. Your hard work DOES lead to economic gain. Just not for you. Midnight Writer Sep 2 #4

Pedo Trump objected to federal holidays Farmer-Rick Sep 2 #8

Glad to see trump's bullshit propaganda isn't working. (nt) Paladin Sep 2 #5

In my experience as a worker the hardest workers are the ones who got the most work. Ping Tung Sep 2 #6

Figured that shit out decades ago. miyazaki Sep 2 #7

NORC is not a right leaning pollster Wiz Imp Sep 2 #9

Thanks for heads-up. Should be WSJ not NORC. BlueWavePsych Sep 2 #10

It's been obvious for years and years. BobTheSubgenius Sep 2 #11

Well if 75% of us believe this country is going in the wrong direction KS Toronado Sep 2 #12

The American Dream... lonely bird Sep 2 #13

The American Dream has always been bullshit. Cuthbert Allgood Sep 2 #14