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by anthomtb
1687 days ago
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I think you missed the main point of the comment to which you were replying. You shouldn’t have to spend months living in tents, working part time, to develop an in-demand skill. In other words, in-training software developers aren’t supposed to suffer. Artists, maybe they are supposed to be wealthy or do some suffering. (I’m speaking highly ideologically, of course). |
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"You shouldn’t have to spend months living in tents, working part time, to develop an in-demand skill."
One has to develop in-demand skills to participate in the economy, and to therefore have a reasonable degree of assurance they can financially depend on themselves. Some folks might have savings or family help, others might have to camp in woods for a few months. No one should expect handouts.
In some cases, people make mistakes that result in going broke financially. I can't claim that they should be shielded from consequences, I certainly can't shield them, nor do I expect taxes to be used to shield them. And, no one can force such a person to develop skills.
Take me: I made the mistake of not using college wisely-- I studied liberal arts. Later, I lived in a tent while building my IT skills.
In large part I lived in the tent so I wouldn't have to work 40 hours/week in front of a computer, just to come home to sit and try to learn to become a web app developer after work. That would be terribly unhealthy mentally and physically.
There's no solution (in my opinion) except to accept accountability for ones' career development. See, you've brought up that WEALTH leads to different outcomes. But guess what-- So does EFFORT.
You can't force a person to put in the effort into a career. Even if you give them money, they still might not put in effort (example: trust fund kids)-- they have to do it for their self, from a place of intrinsic motivation.
The recently common this anti-merit, neo-marxist, pro-identity political ideological stuff reminds me of just that: People forgetting the influence of Personal Accountability and Differences in Effort, on life outcomes.
I'd suggest taking your ideology out of your reasoning and assessments. It might fog up or clog up those reasoning abilities.