the vast majority of ‘educated’ people in America know shit about the constitution, and most of those that do probably know wrong things.

the only people who really know much about the constitution are constitutional scholars. and even they deeply disagree about various aspects of it.

I’ve interviewed people over the years in IT.

A lot of candidates are complete morons, regardless of experience or education. We hire the people who show competence in the interview… a lot of people simple have zero.

and in helping some friends/people over the years get job… usually the biggest issue is how they don’t actually properly apply or sell themselves. They blast out some generic shitty resume/cover letter for every job and just expect it will get them hired, instead of tactfully marketing themselves to the employer.

Applying to jobs is a skill, like any other.

People who have inherited wealth, won the lottery, or made a tremendously good stock investments.

the easiest way to make big money in any area… is have family/connections in that area.

most very successful people I’ve ever met… were simply riding the coattails of their family/parents. no matter what it is. if you want to be an engineer and your dad is already an engineer you have a huge leg up in engineering.

but nobody wants acknowledge this, esp in USA because we have this stupid myth of meritocracy. where you magially can do whatever you want and be really good at it. truth is very few people have that privileged. Most follow in the footsteps of their families.

because just like generational wealth, generational jobs skills/knowledge… compounds. your dad’s 30 years of experience in engineering if you want to be an engineer, is basically gives you a huge experience boost.

Everyone should have access to a free college education, but not everyone benefits from it and it certainly does not guarantee intelligence.

why do you think that would do anything?

i litereally taught those subjects for 3-4 years. Trust me. for most students its just another stupid class they don’t want to take, they won’t learn anything. maybe 10% of those enrolled will actually learn anything.

I mean, how many people do you know as adults that remember how to do do an integral even those they took Calculus?

No. it doesn’t.

stupidity is a choice people make, regardless of how well educated they are or not. many people actively choose to be stupid because it is easier than the effort of having to be smart. many smart people turn off their brains for everything outside of the workplace.

i used to teach college. half the students absolutely refused to learn or make an effort. they were not dumb, they were just lazy.

a lot of people it takes years to find a job. esp if they are picky. my brother has been unemployed for 3 years but only because he’s a snob and refuses to work for a non-elite company.

what happened to all the money your parents had from those houses?

I make 150K and to buy an affordable home that isn’t a teardown, say under 600K, you need a two hour commute from the downtown area. Anything inside an hour of the downtown is more like 800K+ and being bought up by people with family money or 300-400K yearly incomes. someone making 45K in my city needs to live multiple people to a bedroom to afford rent.

But it’s all about where you live and the incomes. Where I live 150K income puts you only in the top 20% of households. And I don’t have family money backing me like most of my peers in the housing market. Most of my friends got 100-200K gifts from family to buy their homes.

sitting isn’t working.

aldi is the only place they are allowed to sit. cashiers in the USA never sit. it is seen as lazy.

American TV is mostly prescription drug and car advertisements these days.

most upper middle class professionals I have met in my life do not have lives other than work. they take their 2-3 weeks off on expensive international vacations, but have no hobbies and their social life is just drinks with co-workers. Work is their religion, their family, and their entire identity. Your job is who you are and there can be no separation from it.

even if they do have a hobby it’s only viewed as valuable in terms of productivity. like working out for more energy/health so you can be a more productive worker. or reading non-fiction to improve your work productivity/knowledge, etc.

they ‘have it all’ but yet they are deeply unfulfilled and unsatisfied with their lives and think more work and promotions is what is going to fill the hole.

i just went out with a woman this weekend who is a head pharma research scientist. asked her what she does in free time/hobbies and her response was “i don’t have time for enjoying life.” and she was really proud of this and started condescending to me because I actually enjoy life.

Forget commmercials. Most people I know/met lately seem to think anyone who isn’t working 60-80 hour weeks is a ‘loser’.

working 30-40 hours now is considered ‘lazy’.

because they love the social skills and charisma. and don’t forget the looks/image.

they don’t care about the quality of the leadership. most folks would gladly follow a charming person to their own doom.

being a leader sucks.

i have had mulitple leadership roles in my life. i grew to hate everyone was so happy when i went back to being a grunt.

it’s a shitty thankless job and everyone blames you for their mistakes and you’re allowed to make none of your own.

hence why most people who end up leaders are the ones who are skilled at avoiding accountability and blaming others, purposefully inverting the leadership role.

i typically only became a leader because nobody else was willing to stand up. and the second you do stand up… everyone else starts resenting you and trying to tear you down.