My Comment on Dan Kennedy: Michael Moore is a Big, Fat Anti-American as follows
First of all I am not anti-capitalist or pro-socialist. I am not pro-American or anti-American either. I am all for any type of economy that brings prosperity and wealth to the greatest possible number of people. While Dan gives some examples of people succeeding and striking it rich in America, Moore is also right in showing that there is no ‘universal tautology’ that if you try to strike it big in America, then you absolutely will win and become rich. There may be few cases of people who worked hard to succeed, luck by their side, and became rich in America, but that doesnt mean everybody in America is going to be rich if they only start putting in some effort. Some will still be poor/mediocre while some will make it big. I agree with Moore about the prevailing idealogy in America though not to the extent he has made it out to be. Take Bill Gates for example. Had Bill Gates been born in anywhere other than in America, today being a college drop out like he is, he wouldnt be anywhere near being rich legally. That is one plus point for America. But consider the fact that, even inside America itself, will Microsoft, the empire that Gates founded, hire a college drop-out just because ‘he or she can potentially become the next Bill Gates’? Striking It rich all depends upon luck and perseverance. Luck is an esential element that cannot come to everyone who tries to strike it rich, be it anywhere, irrespective of inside America or outside America.
Links
Should the word ‘retard’ be stopped from usage because it offends ‘intellectually challenged people’? – Link.
Equation: The difference between girls and guys – how girls rate guys and how guys rate girls infographic – Link.
Why One Way Of Learning Is Better Than Another – Link.
How ‘cognitive fluency’ shapes what we believe, how we invest, and who will become a supermodel – Link.
Dating preferences and age – the case for an older woman – from OKCupid blog – Link.
Dan Kennedy: Michael Moore is a Big, Fat Anti-American
