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Nothing wrong with celebrating it! But "(I am|He is|She is|They are) made it out of poverty because of hard work and a can-do attitude." is frequently used as
by akavi 11y ago
Nothing wrong with celebrating it!
But "(I am|He is|She is|They are) made it out of poverty because of hard work and a can-do attitude." is frequently used as an argument that, conversely, those who fail to make it out of poverty somehow "deserve" their standing.
So in light of that, it's important to keep in mind how much of an outlier such stories are.
- yummyfajitas 11y agoWhat evidence, if any, would convince you that those who fail to make it out of poverty do in fact "deserve" their standing? Note that I'm interpreting "deserve" as meaning "could have escaped with high probability had they engaged in different actions". Do you mean something different?
- Hydraulix989 11y agoThis really parallels the survivorship biased attitude towards starting a company in SV. No matter how good you are, there's always an element of luck. It's not all 100 million dollar exits and doors that open like this.