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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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Its because it is a dumb point! No matter how much you clarify it. The simple fact is, for the VAST majority of people who are rich, the primary factor is LUCK. I know that sucks, no one wants to believe that, but its true! Even the supremely talented people needed luck as well

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Luck is when preparation meets opportunity

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preparation is maybe a part of luck. But no amount of preparation is the same as being born in an upper-middle class family that can, for example, pay for guitar lessons and SAT tutors, vs. barely having food for school lunch and having to work to support your family as a teen.

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idk I launched myself up a tier of wealth and I remember my family putting some lights on a potted plant cause we couldn't afford a Christmas tree, when I was growing up I woulda done even better if we were upper middle class but I still did well

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Well good for you- and i mean that genuinely! No snark. But just because something happened to YOU doesnt make it the norm. The vast majority of ppl in poverty find themselves unable to escape. Maybe you had some kind of help youre not even aware of, like maybe a boss (1/2)

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who was actively a great boss, instead of the shitty assholes you think of all the time. The point is, your premise is wrong- the ppl who are poor almost always work 10x as hard as the ppl who are rich, and thats not just based on my anecdotal experience. (2/2)

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I definitely had luck! Not getting pregnant early, having good health, etc. are all things that could have destroyed my trajectory. I've known a ton of poor people (grew up among them, as one of them); I also know a lot of rich people (including some billionaires) 1/

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They probably work similarly hard (id say the rich ppl i know work a bit harder but seems reasonable the difference isnt huge), and i agree there's absolutely a class difference in background, but the 'launch up a tier' rich ppl i know are *much* smarter

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(the launch up a tier rich ppl are also much smarter than the rich ppl who stayed at the level of their birth). Another big factor is risk taking (which born-rich ppl have better access to, but not exclusive access! I was a high-risk-taker poor person).

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also to clarify; when i say rich and poor ppl work similarly hard, im thinking of the coworkers i had on a factory floor where they made us work 9-10 hour days + weekends. Most other poor ppl i knew had standard 40 hour week jobs. (i know rich ppl who voluntarily work 16-hr days)

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