Have you considered that people who get rich are just better than you?
Obviously other factors are at play too, but anybody who's launched themselves up a tier in wealth usually are brilliant, bold risk takers, work super hard, and create way more value for the world than you do.
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I sit on my ass half the days playing video games or watching youtube, I get tired after going outside like once, my house is messy, I poop like twice a week, and because of this I do *not* produce a ton of value for those around me and I do not deserve to be ultra rich.
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Some people's brains are just 'better' than others in the sense of being constructed in a way that betters more people's lives, no shit they end up being more vibrant creators in the world with more successful lives.
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I have considered it, but I also know a -lot- of people who are rich because they had a permanent and substantial safety net letting them take those risks, or lots of connections from family wealth connecting them to opportunities most people never have.
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I do agree! I also know many more people with a substantial safety net who never took those risks. A small % of safety net people actually become great; most poor ppl wouldn't become great if they also had a safety net.
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To accept that this is true would mean looking at the racial and gender disparities in social mobility and thinking, "Well I guess white men are just smarter and work harder!"
If you acknowledge the numerous other factors in play, the argument falls apart pretty quick.
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man I should have put in a disclaimer phrase like "obviously other factors are at play too"
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Have you heard the name “Jeffery Epstein”?
If not, boy oh boy, are you about to learn a thing or two about what rich people do.
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can you imagine if ppl did this to smear poor ppl
"oh man let me tell you how fucked up poor ppl are, have you heard the name ted bundy?"
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How many brilliant, bold risks can you take when you are poor, before you are unable to make rent and become homeless
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