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> You’re saying that people tear down successful people by saying they’re privileged or have connections (but implying that they’re not successful because of th
by jdminhbg 3y ago
> You’re saying that people tear down successful people by saying they’re privileged or have connections (but implying that they’re not successful because of these things and rather because they took a risk), and then immediately say that if it weren’t for the connections, she wouldn’t be successful?
When people say "oh, they're successful because of their connections," they generally don't mean because they went out did a bunch of customer acquisition work, they mean because they have a dad who's a bigwig at Amazon or something.
- pixelatedindex 3y agoTrue, but my point is that merit only takes you so far. If you really want to “make it”, you need merit AND an underlying freedom to take risks. If what you have is the only means of survival, your appetite for risk is strongly diminished. So when someone claims that “you would have made it if you took risks” is a little two-faced.