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[QUOTE="soccerfreakjj10, post: 669397, member: 25266"]
Yes you are right of course, most capitalist (ic???) societies base their economy on the notion of hard work leading to success. I agree with you on the critique of the idea, but I just used the term for convenience.

As a libertarian myself, (don't judge please :] ) the idea of playing poker for a living appeals to me - being my own boss, working my own hours, under my own authority, etc... Unfortunately even poker players still have to answer to the damned IRS! :). But my goal in life is to be happy, and poker seems like a good way to make enough money to not have to work in an office and find something I love. I am still very young (legal) though so I have some time to figure out what I want to do. But conversely I think the argument could be made that poker is just like any other job - you study a lot, practice a lot, and work hard at the tables and you will make money. So in this way it is pretty similar to the ideals of the "Capitalist Dream" (yeah copyright that ishhhhh.) I think the notion of luck though goes against the dream. Thoughts???

I think monopoly would be more capitalist haha. So at least I am not attempting (will be attempting) to play monopoly for a living :)

Quick side note just so I can say this someone on this site... My name ("I would prefer not to") is a quote from Melville's [I]Bartleby the Scrivener[/I], an anti-capitalist short story. Pretty cool aye? :)
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