First of all, condemn your own actions, and then, after having condemned them, don’t give up on yourself, and don’t be like those mean-spirited people who, when they’ve given in on one occasion, surrender themselves completely, to be swept off, as it were, by the flood. You should learn instead from what the wrestling masters do. The boy has taken a fall: ‘Get up,’ he says, ‘and resume the fight until you grow strong.’ You too should think in some such way as that: you should know that there is nothing more tractable than the human mind. You only have to exert your will, and the thing comes about, and all is put right; whereas on the other hand, you only have to doze off, and all is lost. For ruin and deliverance alike come from within.

‘And after all that, what good will I gain?’

And what greater good could you seek than this? Where once you were shameless, you’ll have self-respect; where once you were faithless, you’ll become faithful; where once you were dissolute, you’ll have self-control. If you’re looking for anything other than things such as that, continue to act as you’re now acting; for not even a god could still be able to help."

Respectfully, this is defeatism. I understand your sentiment but this is a form of excuse for being a loser (or an excuse for not even try). Yes, there absolutely a myriad of different ways to be monetarily successful. Yes, you can be powerful. And yes, you can beat these faggots.

Get in, we are going to win

You're creating a false dichotomy here. Imagine there's two generals creating a battle plan. One demands a direct charge into the enemy's strongest point. The second fires back, "no! That's suicide!" The first responds, "that's an excuse to lose, an excuse to not even try!"

There are other important things to do. People ought to put their effort into better endeavors, into things on a small scale that they can actually and readily influence and improve. Starting a family. Helping their local community. Building self-sufficiency. Over-focusing on money has the potential to stifle more genuine goods.

Nobody here is saying to not try. Rather, the attitude is that you should direct your efforts elsewhere, away from wealth, away from material success. You don't strike where your enemy is strongest.

Delicious Yooper mountain snake, eh

Behold, one of your betters. Look at what wealth does for people and feel your jealousy grow.

Nice Poor Yoop Walk today

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What driving through a poor man's area is like

My town's gas station is pump then pay. Talked to the store manager today:

"How often does someone pump then drive off without paying?"
"Oh, maybe a few times a year."

Poor towns are universally terrible places to live, eh?

Spoke with a young lady today who's a Walmart cashier in a small, poor town. Her and her fiance are 18 and 19, respectively. Both work at Walmart. They saved up money for 3 months and used it as the down payment for a house, where they now live.