Ancient Egyptian Wisdom for Modern Life
As many other cultures have done throughout time and across the world , ancient Egyptian culture generated its fair share of proverbs. Rooted in a history that spans millennia, these proverbial gems have passed down wisdom through countless generations.
Many of these ancient proverbs are 100% applicable to the society we live in and the problems we face. Here are a couple of my favorites.
As regards the "Entitlement Society" and what is owed to us.
"Good fortune will not happen to you: good fortune is given to him who seeks it."
or
"The value of each man consists in what he does well."
And a couple of more recent figures have offered -
"Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get", W. P. Kinsella
"All happiness depends on courage and work", Honoré de Balzac
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I look forward to feedback and ideas on this subject
Given by who?
Capitalism creates opportunity and wealth, and it also creates poverty. We should just admit that and stop pretending that a 'meritocracy' applies to everyone. Since there will always be poor there must always be a welfare state.
SO there is no poverty without capitalism?
We live in a capitalist country. What some other system does is irrelevant.
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You claimed capitalism creates poverty. So without capitalism, poverty doesn't exist?
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You underestimate the moderation.
I'm sure Robert will be happy to see whats happened to his seed.
I did not say that ONLY capitalism causes poverty, for christs sake. Why do we have to go through this crap on every article?
That's a common misconception. Its actually a mixed system!
There are some Capitalistic aspects to our system-- but also some Socialistic aspects (for example, Social Security).
"We live in a capitalist country. What some other system does is irrelevant. "
John - that is simplistic and dismissive - one cannot take a position and then dismiss challenges to that position as irrelevant due to inaccurate and arbitrary assertions.
Krishna - can you not see that Social Security (funded by employers and employees) is the ultimate of a capitalist effort
No its not, its accurate. How is the type of economic system they have in China or India or anywhere else relevant to whether capitalism creates poverty in America ? And I never said that only capitalism causes poverty elsewhere. I am talking about here, and the idea that everyone can succeed. A small percentage of "failure" is baked into our system and cannot be eliminated , ever. That is why we need a welfare state. Should individuals do all they can to get off welfare ? Of course, but there will always be people who need help. You are the one who brought up the "entitlement society".
Oh, bs.
You are the one who brought up the "entitlement society".
John Indeed I did, but I brought it up as being a bad thing. No one should feel that society, the government, of their neighbors (ironically those three things are actually one entity) owes them anything that they do not or are not willing to work for - I know it is not a popular position in the contry these dys but that is how I was raised.
Now that is the intellectual input and insight that you provide so often - do not discuss an issue, simply dismiss it if it does not agree with your narrow view
Thanks for sharing that wisdom
Having a "welfare state" is the price that has to be paid for having a society where people can become billionaires.
You can disagree, but that is still the truth of it.
I AM discussing the issue. The bs is you telling me that I am not.
Exactly, tit for tat, yin and yang, quid pro quo...
ROFL. Please tell us how successful people can be made poor. This should be good.
The rich have the ability to relocate, just ask California or any of the other Blue states that are seeing an exodus of tax payers.
But again, you said it creates poverty, which illustrates your backwards approach to economics. Capitalism doesn't create poverty. Poverty is the default standard of human existence. Capitalism has done more to eradicate poverty than any other system in human history.
Perhaps, but you won't see any homeless there.
There are numerable articles and books that describe how capitalism creates poverty. I dont have time right now but I may post something later.
Exactly, if we had family farms and small craft shops and used the barter system instead of money, poverty would be eliminated.
I can answer that as JR is really busy.
Capitalist plutocrats and lucky running dog lackeys like myself, steal the profits extorted from the sweating brows of the oppressed workers, to make people poor and politically powerless.
You can disagree, but that is still the truth of it.
A perfect example of what I mean - what you the present is not the "truth of it", but rather your opinion on the subject. And many do disagree with you. I am 100% in favor of a "hand up" to those that need it as they "learn to walk" and to "ride the bike", but that hand does not remain forever.
Unlike every other system of government . . .
/sarc
Krishna
Well said - Chruchill (I believe) said Democracy is the worst possible kind of government except for all the rest of the options.
The point I was trying to raise for discussion was that people will succeed or not in our society, but that only those that want to succeed and work hard to succeed will do so. There are many people who need only a hand up to achieve success, but there are also people who would rather get by with a handout than get a hand up and have to work hard for success.
I couldn't agree more with this statement, it is also has to do with personal choices, can you differ instant gratification for long term desires? Do you have the self-control and self-respect to avoid drug use? Alcohol to excess? and are you smart enough to better yourself? and take responsibility for your actions or is it always somebody else's fault you failed? Failure is part of life, giving up or blaming others for those failures shouldn't be. that is the difference in successful people, they persevered.
George
Very well put
IMO, that's correct to a certain point. There will always be people who are held back from "success" due to their intellect or lack thereof. I'm not talking about people who are too lazy to educate themselves. We've all known people who, shall I dare say it, slow. They can't grasp certain concepts because they have a low IQ. And there are people who are born physically disabled or become disabled. Their success rate is either slowed or slowed down.
The only thing worse than being oppressed by capitalism is not being oppressed by capitalism.