Professional athletes typically spend 6 hrs a day, 6 days a week in the gym, because there are diminishing returns on 12 hours a day.<p>Your crafted hypothetical and false analogy that American workers are athletes, all to support the argument that working harder is meritous, proves the &quot;hard working&quot; bias that I&#x27;m talking about.<p>&gt;Socialism is hinged upon making it harder for people to get ahead.<p>Socialism is hinged upon making everyone get ahead.  Meritous people still have opportunities to rise above.