Financial success is like one of those carnival fishing games

Financial success is like one of those carnival fishing games.

Middle class kids can afford one throw. Most miss. A few hit the target and get a small prize. A very few hit the center bullseye and get a bigger prize. Rags to riches! The American Dream lives on.


Rich kids can afford many throws. If they want to, they can try over and over and over again until they hit something and feel good about themselves. Some keep going until they hit the center bullseye, then they give speeches about "meritocracy" and the salutary effects of hard work.


Billionaires own the ground the carnival is run on, they make money without even visiting the carnival.


And Poor kids. They aren't even visiting the carnival.

They're the ones working it


Maybe we can change things up a little bit so the poor have an opportunity to play the game and the very rich don't make quite as much just by owning the land. A carnival where the ticket prices are a little more reasonable is more popular and successful than one where prices are ridiculous. Though high ticket prices might make money now, the world is changing, the West used to be the biggest show in town now there's competition between carnivals (multipolarity). There needs to be more investment in a well educated workforce, and a working class who feel valued and not taken for granted. 


Let's see if we can make a fairer carnival so that even the hungriest people get the opportunity to fish, and through things like education, healthcare and social security is provided with at least a basic fishing rod and tackle box by the time they leave secondary school.


Besides, there's no hope when you're fishing with a fishing rod and some rich guy has already cleared the lake of fish with a fleet of trawlers. Not to mention how much damage the fleet of trawlers does to the lake. 

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