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Many people have sunk their last savings into businesses that failed. The few remaining successes are small, especially these days.

• WalterBright 4y ago
  Most people never try. People who never try have a 100% rate of failure.
  • tablespoon 4y ago
    > Most people never try. People who never try have a 100% rate of failure. What an astoundingly ignorant and out of touch thing to say. It's completely irrational for most people to buy a long shot chance at wealth with a much, much greater chance of winding up worse off and in poverty (or deeper in it). Also, what you said is an excellent sales pitch for a scam real estate investment system.
    • 852978 4y ago
      > What an astoundingly ignorant and out of touch thing to say. False. Both sentences are true. > what you said is an excellent sales pitch for a scam real estate investment system. "X people say Y so Y is false" is fallacious.
      • tablespoon 4y ago
        >> What an astoundingly ignorant and out of touch thing to say. > False. No. > Both sentences are true. So? A set of true statements can be misleading and out of touch, for instance, through omission of other important truths. In this case, the omission is that "trying" has a cost and the outcome can be negative. If you're wealthy, those negatives can often be easily shrugged off; if you're not, the expected outcome of "trying" can make the attempt irrational. > "X people say Y so Y is false" is fallacious. You misunderstand. It pointing out the flaw in the pitch, because it can so often be used to sell lies.