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I think what he is arguing is that someone with a negative attitude ("he can only do that because he's rich!") won't accomplish anything even if they were grant

I think what he is arguing is that someone with a negative attitude ("he can only do that because he's rich!") won't accomplish anything even if they were granted unlimited funding because they are focused on coming up with excuses instead of thinking about what they can do. There are plenty of poor people in third-world countries who have far less than the original commentator (who presumably lives in the first world) who have built very impressive things, especially considering the resources they have available. It is an attitude problem, not a financial one.

sennight 5y ago
Put more bluntly than I was willing, but pretty much. I think this would be the case for the majority of the envious complaints, and the remainder would be a laughably unrealistic over-estimation of the power of money. As in: it doesn't suddenly make you smarter, more industrious, or gift you the ability to perform complex project management involving large organizations.
- DarylZero 5y ago
  You're assuming someone isn't smart or industrious just because they grew up poor. I think it's a self-serving assumption.
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DarylZero 5y ago
But you're just assuming, or rather making up, the "fact" that any person saying that didn't accomplish anything and that this is a problem. Poor people do accomplish things!