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> Also, I find the "years of struggle" trope irritating. Many of people live on beans while working 70-hour weeks and don't end up rich. Plenty of those people
by reachtarunhere 9y ago
> Also, I find the "years of struggle" trope irritating. Many of people live on beans while working 70-hour weeks and don't end up rich. Plenty of those people work at companies whose executives do get rich.
Your logic is flawed. When I start a company I will be leaving my cushy job that pays damn well and living low in hopes of making it big one day. A founder making a deliberate choice here is very different from unskilled/unlucky/not-qualified (in whatever sense) people living on the beans. They don't have a choice. They are not part of the game.
- wpietri 9y agoNo, my logic isn't flawed. They were talking as if mere hard work justified any level of wealth. You're making a different argument, which is that your initial level of privilege justifies any level of wealth (with a side of "fuck the poor, they don't matter anyhow").