From: Robert Comer 

Pie in the sky...

Not everyone (more and more can't because of the corporate culture right
now) has the ability to overcome the odds. (either physically or
intellectually).  It's a rare talent to do that, otherwise there would be a
whole lot more rich than there is.

--
Bob Comer


On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:10:19 -0400, Gary Britt
 wrote:

>"There's no hope of getting a better lot in life for 99% of the
people."
>
>It is this belief that keeps most of these people from achieving success
>beyond their wildest dreams.  As Yoda told Luke Skywalker in The Empire
>Strikes Back:  Luke said "Its Impossible" and Yoda said: 
"And that is why
>you fail".
>
>Nobody is going to delay gratification and make sacrifices for years, and
>take risks if they convince themselves first they can't succeed.  Its the
>number one self-fulfilling prophecy.
>
>You have to believe it to receive it.  The single biggest difference between
>the personality and culture of the poor and the culture of the successful
>entrepreneur class who built family wealth from nothing is the pervasive
>negativism and negative cultural beliefs that form what some used to
>accurately call the "Culture of Poverty".  This culture of poverty and
>pervasive negativism is passed on from mother to children and father to
>children, generation after generation.  They falsely believe that life is
>shit, they can never amount to anything, and that they do not control their
>own destiny in life.
>
>Gary
>
>Gary
>
>Robert Comer wrote:
>> I don't buy into that theory either.
>>
>> I haven't seen a political/economic system yet that is both fair and
>> workable for all, they all have their drawbacks.  Yours really does
>> create an elite economic class that runs things behind the scenes.
>> There's no hope of getting a better lot in life for 99% of the people.
>> True communism is basically LCD'ing everyone, so there's no hope of
>> getting a better lot in life for anyone.
>>
>> btw, supply side economics will fail in the long run because the
>> masses will eventually not be able to buy the needed goods -- its a
>> quick fix to boost an economy, but if anyone gets the slightest bit
>> greedy (and they will, it's human nature), it's a recipe for
>> revolution.
>>

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