> So this story clearly happened, it is clearly real, so it doesn't qualify as a myth. The myth is that of social mobility (upwards and downwards) based on mer

> So this story clearly happened, it is clearly real, so it doesn't qualify as a myth. The myth is that of social mobility (upwards and downwards) based on merit, being the primary way that society stratifies itself. I have seen an inverse relationship between hard work and wealth within people I know, and even periods of my own life.