Stuff like this and the "base" he has created give off pretty harsh trump vibes.
Here is a link confirming for those wanting one. Sorry I did not include it originally.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.712106
@doleo@Ulrich_the_Old
It is a concept that supposedly is needed in order for us to succeed. As a concept, it is used to bury the fact that many of our “successful” citizens (read rich) actually inherited their monies or “knew someone”. It is also used to explain poverty…. That is, if you are not successful, it is your own fault because you did not work hard enough.
It was common for european colonizers to say this about indigenous people, basically meaning that they don't participate in the world economy. Or, said another way, they're not being exploited for profits by said european colonizers, which is obviously bad.
To people like him, it’s valuable for people to get used to being submissive, learn the futility of questioning authority, and earn just enough to shut up and not be a “financial burden” on the country.
I knew it as the opposite of lazy. it did not mean you were overworked, just that you were self motivated. But I think that terminooogy has changed a lot with corporate expectationa