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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Your point assumes that everyone putting the same amount of effort gets to the same place. That there's no golden youth and no kids have to work since the early age to support their parents. That everyone is given equal opportunities regardless of health, connections, and other factors. That industries are not exploitative to either workers or retail clients. Until that is true, there's neither equity nor equality.
Besides, Marx does not object working hard and earning big. He objects robbing others of monetary value they produced to fill up your bank. At that point, you create opportunities for yourself at the expense of someone else, which is antithetical to equality. Or, to frame it in your wording, someone else makes an effort, and you get the money. Or, more commonly, vice versa.