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America is perhaps the pinnacle of "got successful mostly by luck but believes it was all hard work". The pinnacle of successful self-delusional narratives. W
by vacuity 1y ago
America is perhaps the pinnacle of "got successful mostly by luck but believes it was all hard work". The pinnacle of successful self-delusional narratives. We like stories, but this is taking it too far.
- Neonlicht 1y agoIts a lot easier to "bootstrap" yourself in a country with a functional government. The ultra rich don't want to pay the taxes that keeps civilization running. People like Elon Musk would not be on top in a Mad Max world.
- jrflowers 1y agoIt will never stop being funny how adamant Americans are that lottery winners win the lottery because they deserve to win the lottery. Like people will point to Peter Thiel investing early in Facebook as proof of some sort of genius or prescience. That’s not true! That’s not how investing works! That’s not how anything works!