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by WalterBright 923 days ago
There are an awful lot of professions in the world. Surely people can find one that suits them. Life is what you make of it.

My personal dream was to become a swimsuit model, but it just wasn't working out, so I switched to software.

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You can't think of any other things besides genetics and self-determination that allowed you to be where you are now?
Opportunity presents itself to you and me every day. You can choose.
You're conflating individual decisions with social structures that determine opportunity systemically.
The US has all the opportunity able-bodied adults need.
Incorrect.
Viewing life that way leads to a diminished life, a self-fulfilling prophesy. The good news is one can always change one's frame of reference.