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You won the lottery in the sense that you went to college, live in a well-off english speaking country and as such, can burn through 5-7 failures. I'm sure you'
by boca_honey 4y ago
You won the lottery in the sense that you went to college, live in a well-off english speaking country and as such, can burn through 5-7 failures. I'm sure you're smart and hard working, and I don't believe in shaming gringos as if being born rich (e.g. having access to a toilet and clean water) was their own fault. You deserve to be happy with what you have. But will never get to be preachy about it without some one calling you out, unless you surround yourself with people with the same biases.
- vanviegen 4y agoYou're making a lot of assumptions.
- gnulinux 4y agoNo they're not. Just the self-admitted fact that they could afford to fail 5-7 times creating a business shows that they had more social and financial safety net than an average American. Most Americans can't just create a business, fail, and repeat it 4-6 more times.
- zimpenfish 4y ago[1] is interesting - suggests that 32% of American adults getting a surprise $400 bill would require them to borrow, sell something, or be unable to pay it. Which is quite the statistic when you think about it. [1] https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/2022-economic-well-being-of-us-households-in-2021-dealing-with-unexpected-expenses.htm https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/2022-economic-we...
- vanviegen 4y agoDo we know that these failures weren't after (and paid for by) the first succes?
- itronitron 4y agoMost gringos can not burn through a single failure, let alone 5-7. This helps to explain why the US Military is as large as it is...