Here is a Savage Chickens cartoon on the subject I’ve been thinking about lately, this rampant “get-rich-quickism” (which, to be honest, has been a part of American culture for at least two centuries.) See previous posts about getting rich via podcasts to see where I come down.
Lemonade
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Last year I was dating a Vietnamese girl. They have a lot of child labor in that country. One day we drove by a father proudly standing by as his daughter sold lemonade in front of the house, my girlfriend said “He makes her work?”.
When I was dating a Japanese girl we drove by a sign that said “LOTS FOR SALE”. she said “Lots for sale? Lots of what?”