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"You literally need six figures in your bank account to do a startup" isn't a thing that people actually argue. Paul might be technically correct but he's argu
by noelsusman 7y ago
"You literally need six figures in your bank account to do a startup" isn't a thing that people actually argue. Paul might be technically correct but he's arguing against a strawman. In this context, rich is a shorthand for financial privilege, which doesn't tend to come in the form of dollars in your bank account when you're young.
- Kalium 7y agoIt's difficult to have a meaningful discussion about social issues when words like "rich" can range in meaning from "peer of Warren Buffet" to "some member of your extended family owns property somewhere in the world". This is not made easier when not all parties in a given conversation are using the same definitions and haven't stopped to compare notes. Fuzzy definitions are great when you're posturing politically. In those cases, you want people to be able to apply their own definitions. But political posturing is antithetical to meaningful discussion, so...
- noelsusman 7y agoI agree completely. It's one of the biggest problems I have with left-leaning activists, especially on Twitter. They abuse terminology constantly (like using rich to refer to the much broader concept of financial privilege) and it causes a ton of problems. So much online discourse is just people talking past each other using different definitions.