INCOME INEQUALITY? I think you mean EFFORT INEQUALITY.
Money does not and cannot discriminate; it does not have a mind of its own; it goes exactly where its influencer tells it to go.
There are billionaires of all genders, colors, and creeds. The influencers of money are the ones who decided to have influence over the direction of the flow of the money stream. They put in the effort, and they got the desired outcome.
Steemit serves as the perfect example!
Those who succeed on Steemit: they are the ones who create good content for others, they are the ones who market their page, they are the ones who post everyday, even when they don't feel like it; they are the ones who put in more effort, than those who don't succeed on Steemit.
Ben Carson, Oprah Winfrey, Shahid Khan, Jacqueline Mars, Robert F. Smith; they all put in the effort required, to succeed in life and to gain riches; they never had excuses.
Put in equal effort, and you'll get equal income.
—Nio Pomilia
Just reading the title made me go "oof". Haha. I love it! I completly agree with you. It's all about our own efforts. One person may start with nothing and they can rise up the rungs of society by hustling and networking with the right people. We all create our own luck. Yes, we are all born in different circumstances, but a person with bad beginnings can rise up just as a person with good beginnings can fall down. If we focus on what others started with and what others have, it'll be a distraction to our own success. Focus on yourself, your work, and hustle. It is possible to become successful regardless of your past and current circumstances.
That's right, my man! I'm glad you understand. Followed you; looking forward to some good content.
Thank you, @niopomilia! I greatly appreciate the support. :D
Welcome to Steemit niopomilia. Let me know if you got any questions about Steem/Steemit. The official FAQ can be found here and is quite extensive https://steemit.com/faq.html - Also, Steemit is just one of the sites using Steem the blockchain. We also have Dtube, Dsound and Steepshot if you prefer videos,music or pictures instead of blogging content. And many more of course!
Hey, thanks a lot, for the info and all your help!
You’re partially right, but I suggest we discuss this in a couple of weeks, when you’re on SteemIt a little longer. ;-)
IMHO SteemIt does represent real life in a certain way: in the end, the most important thing is not WHAT you know, but WHO you know...
Thanks for your comment!
I made over $50 in my first week, on Steemit. I just cashed out, today. Anyone could've done it, just as I have. #Logic
— NP
I was not saying you were wrong. Working your ass of is part of the game. It just isn’t as simple as that. There are many more factors that determine whether you become successful or not. Getting to know the right people is one of them. Not pissing off the wrong people is another one. And there are so many more (I probably not even know half of them yet, since I’ve only been here for a few months )
Ohhh, I see! Totally misunderstood you, man!
Yes, but with every factor, there's a way to make it happen; we just gotta do it.
If we do exactly what successful Steemians have done, we will have exactly what successful Steemians have.
— NP
I totally disagree with you. If you start with 100 and make all the right investment moves and get a 100% return you have 200. If you start with 1000000 and make dumb moves and get a 10% return, your gains are 10,000.
Ben Carson and Oprah Winfrey started with nothing.
— NP
The percentage of the ROI is always the most important. To knowledgeable investors, the 100% return is going to look a lot better than the 10% return regardless of how much the actual return was. A similar example is in crypto. If you invest in a coin that is $0.01 and the next day it goes to $0.02, that's a 100% return even though it was only a 1 cent increase. If you invest in a coin that is $1,000 and the next day it goes to $1,100, that's a 10% return with a $100 increase. If you know about investing, you would much rather invest in the $0.01 coin because of the percentage growth. It's the percentage that matters.
That has nothing to do with my point. Who cares if you are making 100% profits if you are making minimum wage and $20,000 a year. After a year you'd be lucky to have $100 to invest. The point is that money makes money and the more you have the less you have to work. There is nothing fair about that, but thats life.
Well, I was strictly looking at your comment. So, I didn't interpret your comment to be about minimum wage. A minimum wage job is minimum wage because those jobs require very little skill if any at all. Those positions are expendable because they can easily be replaced by anyone. No one is forcing anyone to stay at a minimum wage job. Yes, some people must get those jobs due to unfortunate circumstances. But no one is preventing them from increasing their skills to be eligible to be paid more. There are opportunities everywhere. If for whatever reason someone can't find an opportunity, then they can create their own by starting a business or a side hustle to supplement their income. No one is forced to make very little unless they live in a communist country. If they live in a capitalistic country like the US or any other similar country and a person makes minimum wage or very little for an extended period of time, I'm sorry but it's their own lack of effort and initiative to make moves and advance.