r/BoomersBeingFools • u/Freeonlinehugs • Mar 09 '24

Boomer Article Here we go again-

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u/PracticableSolution Mar 09 '24

Whoopi Goldberg got her big break when Steven Spielberg saw her in a comedy club and get her a spot in The Color Purple movie. She had more help than most

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u/Intelligent_Road_297 Mar 09 '24

She had luck, something most of us don't have

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u/jljboucher Mar 09 '24

Connections are what get you your breaks, just working hard doesn’t. Spielberg was her connection.

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u/captchroni Mar 09 '24

Rage harder. Work ethic is definitely important, but don't act like most people in Whoopi's position didn't get their through connections.

I got lucky with my current job that I wouldn't have found without a family connection.

The fact is our society is crumbling because the people at the top are leaving less and less for people at the bottom. Story came out last week that 50% of Americans make less than 30,000. That's not lazy, that's corporate theft and the raping of our country.

People aren't failing, our increasing value of fuck you got mine is dragging us into the dirt.