[chmln]

> One of the biggest lie sold in the West is that if you work hard, give everything you should succeed

I think this used to be true decades ago when you could without much effort get a well-paying manufacturing job with just a high school diploma.

It would be foolish these days to rely on just "working hard". Not everyone "works hard" equally - it is important to work hard in the right direction.

To work as say a Starbucks barista even full-time and expect a house, a car, and a luxurious lifestyle, then after failing to achieve that exclaim "meritocracy doesn't work" is narrow-minded at best.