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> If no one is self-made then why do most wealthy people (who didn’t inherit) seem to work so hard? You should go see how the other half live. There are many p

> If no one is self-made then why do most wealthy people (who didn’t inherit) seem to work so hard? You should go see how the other half live. There are many people out there working way harder than any of the billionaires on the hardest working billionaire list who can barely put a meal on the table. There are also many people out there working just as hard and making a paltry 60k a year.

refurb 4y ago
That’s like saying “living a health lifestyle doesn’t stop cancer because my friend lived very health and died of cancer at 40”
- notahacker 4y ago
  It's like saying "living a healthy lifestyle doesn't stop cancer because my friend lived very healthily and died of cancer at 40" when less than 1% of people survive past 40, many of those that do inherited immunity to cancer and most of the rest had some sort of identifiable genetic advantage
  - refurb 4y ago
    Huh? "Self-made" can be middle class entirely. Not 1% of the population.
    - notahacker 4y ago
      You were replying to someone talking about the relative work ethic of billionaires in a topic about self made millionaires... (But again, if you want to lower the threshold, whilst it is indeed more feasible to become "self made" "middle class" for most valid definitions of those two terms, most people's middle class status has a lot more to do with their background and skillset than their work ethic relative to "working class" people)
      - blitzar 4y ago
        Using the litteral 'millionaire' net worth marker that is the top ~8% of adults in the US. If class is measured purely on net worth, as much as it might feel like it - it is not middle class to have a net worth of 1 million USD.
- blitzar 4y ago
  Its like saying "I think lots of rich successful people do drugs so if i do more cocaine and some more heroin than them then I will be even richer and more successful than they are" - all while failing to notice the strung out drug addict you walk past in the street.

refurb 4y ago

That’s like saying “living a health lifestyle doesn’t stop cancer because my friend lived very health and died of cancer at 40”

notahacker 4y ago
It's like saying "living a healthy lifestyle doesn't stop cancer because my friend lived very healthily and died of cancer at 40" when less than 1% of people survive past 40, many of those that do inherited immunity to cancer and most of the rest had some sort of identifiable genetic advantage
- refurb 4y ago
  Huh? "Self-made" can be middle class entirely. Not 1% of the population.
  - notahacker 4y ago
    You were replying to someone talking about the relative work ethic of billionaires in a topic about self made millionaires... (But again, if you want to lower the threshold, whilst it is indeed more feasible to become "self made" "middle class" for most valid definitions of those two terms, most people's middle class status has a lot more to do with their background and skillset than their work ethic relative to "working class" people)
    - blitzar 4y ago
      Using the litteral 'millionaire' net worth marker that is the top ~8% of adults in the US. If class is measured purely on net worth, as much as it might feel like it - it is not middle class to have a net worth of 1 million USD.
blitzar 4y ago
Its like saying "I think lots of rich successful people do drugs so if i do more cocaine and some more heroin than them then I will be even richer and more successful than they are" - all while failing to notice the strung out drug addict you walk past in the street.