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i tweetd about how ppl who've launched themselves up a tier in wealth tend to have a bunch of better qualities (mentioning other factors are at play too!) and i dont think ive had my mentions so full of people acting like i said something totally different before

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

Dec 21, 2021

they're responding like i said ALL RICH PEOPLE ARE FLAWLESS AND GOT RICH BY WORKING THEMSELVES UP OUT OF MUD HUTS AND ALSO POOR PEOPLE DONT DESERVE HEALTHCARE OR SHELTER AND ALSO I PERSONALLY HAVE NEVER WORKED A MANUAL LABOR JOB IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING

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Rich people have qualities that make them better at getting rich but that does not mean they are better people. If they were better people, they would not be rich. Most of them had luck and connections you and I will never have. (cont.)

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If hard work and enterprise really were the key to being rich, then every woman in Africa would be a billionaire. Stop believing these right wing fairy tales. They are fabricated so you will accept the situation as is and blame your lack of richness to yourself.

Aella

@Aella_Girl

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@1969Snowie

I'm talking about 'launching yourself up a tier of wealth'; I don't think every person in any tier who is a very smart risk taker can just auto become a billionaire. I suspect most of them (in countries with economic freedom) can launch themselves up a wealth tier!

7:46 AM · Dec 21, 2021

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You do know that by design, upward mobility in the US is very limited, don't you? Literally millions of people are at a severe disadvantage and capitalism likes it that way because if they were not, then corporations would not have any labor stock.