Ppl in the latter being offered these metaphorical (or literal) lottery tickets to get that apartment in the city
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If you're ethnically Chinese w family overseas every damn day you'll hear abt get-rich-quick schemes involving starting a business there
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Bc any scammy business *might* succeed in China bc of the booming "economic opportunity" (i.e. large population of desperate, grasping ppl)
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People talk lovingly abt how the US used to be a "land of opportunity" in that sense and is no longer nearly as much of one
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(Because of the growing infrastructure of business regulation, a social safety net, health/safety standards)
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I'm pretty sure bringing us back to that 1920s "Everyone trying to sell you a bridge" life is what Trump means by Make America Great Again
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I still remember my dad showing me around his workplace and me noting that he wasn't wearing safety goggles
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"Chinese people don't wear safety goggles," he said. "That's an American thing, Americans always afraid to take risks"
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But, I asked, what is the point of not wearing safety goggles if you have them, what is the benefit of that risk
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That's the problem with this country, he said, if you grew up overseas you'd know the key to getting rich is loving risk for its own sake
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Not wearing goggles means you have to stay on your toes all the time, he said, and it's ppl always on their toes who get ahead
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I am a decadent First World liberal. I want a world where being on one's toes is discouraged unless one is on one's toes recreationally
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He also used to drive without a seatbelt bc doing so makes you a better driver bc you're really thinking abt not getting into an accident
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