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This makes sense. It's immoral to promote the possibility and benefits of financial success to people who cannot reach it via legal means. All it will do is dri

This makes sense. It's immoral to promote the possibility and benefits of financial success to people who cannot reach it via legal means. All it will do is drive them into criminal activity because, without the right social connections, that's the only way they can get there. These days, there is tough competition even beyond the criminal line though (but still easier). It seems (based on articles I read) that even succeeding as a drug dealer or trafficker is difficult nowadays because of intense competition. I also know from anecdotal evidence that taboo areas like adult tech industry used to be easier for newcomers who didn't have the right social connections... Not sure if that's still true. I despise the mindset that many rich people have that "I only surround myself with positive people" - What that really means is "I only surround myself with lucky people who don't understand how the world works and charlatans who pretend not to." It's discriminatory and leads to massive blindspots and complete bifurcation of society with an elite class which is completely out of touch... History tells us quite clearly where this leads. I wish there had never been all this hype around tech startup culture 10 years ago. That was a disaster. It brought a lot of desperate people and social climbers into the industry who only got in for the money. I think this partly explains a lot of issues we're facing now with censorship, surveillance and other unethical conduct.

FooBarBizBazz 5y ago
> I wish there had never been all this hype around tech startup culture 10 years ago. That was a disaster. It brought a lot of desperate people There's a whole sad parallel universe of wannabe entrepreneurs who have zero sense of what might consititute a marketable product and who live off fantasies of validation by VCs. They seem almost exactly the same to me as the poor folks who get suckered into some Evangelical church with the Prosperity Gospel. Down to the regular social events and sermons. They go for years like this. I'm convinced the whole system feeds off and exacerbates mental illness.

FooBarBizBazz 5y ago

> I wish there had never been all this hype around tech startup culture 10 years ago. That was a disaster. It brought a lot of desperate people There's a whole sad parallel universe of wannabe entrepreneurs who have zero sense of what might consititute a marketable product and who live off fantasies of validation by VCs. They seem almost exactly the same to me as the poor folks who get suckered into some Evangelical church with the Prosperity Gospel. Down to the regular social events and sermons. They go for years like this. I'm convinced the whole system feeds off and exacerbates mental illness.