The whole concept of the self‑made man or woman is a myth
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
what do you mean by that?
I’m too tired to look it up, but I remember someone saying that resilience or grit was one of the best indicators of success. Someone replied that actually the best indicator of success is if you came from wealth.
Also grit is an over hyped and under delivered construct of human cognition that really is only spoken of seriously nowadays by people trying to sell you something
grit makes me think of Bukowski novels like Post Office. Just a bunch of dudes laboring to look like they’re working hard to please the boss, rather than to do the labor.
I’m sure grit + wealth is far better than either alone. It’s really probably grit + wealth + connections + luck.
Grift + wealth works even better.
Hey now. That “emerald mine in apartheid South Africa” but is not true at all. He benefited from being the son of a rich white guy in apartheid South Africa. The emerald mine was in Zambia. He materially benefited from colonial rule in TWO countries.
touché
That’s how generational wealth works
Not a meme…
when you definitely know what the word meme means
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pre-internet definition of meme
Jesus wept
aww, little muffin is seething and coping
we got enough political BS all over the platform. But sure, I guess people who don’t want to see repeated “capitalism bad” in every community in every post should just leave lemmy.
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
wow, look at this welcoming community. 4/1 to this guy.
I understand, you democratically represent lemmy. Be happy in your echo chamber.
you’re not the main character kiddo, get used to it
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I’m not the one running around crying that everybody isn’t catering to my whims here kiddo
Your account is as old as mine. By now I’d think you’d know better.
Oh right, we had this conversation just last week: https://sh.itjust.works/comment/11375618
So I shouldn’t expect you to know anything.
Appropriate username is appropriate.
You know where the block button is.
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Nothing more hilarious than billionaire simps.
I’m pro universal basic income and a 99% tax after something around a few mil of annual income. I’d generally advocate for a societal system where such wealth accumulation by an individual is impossible.
“Lefties” like you make me sick to my stomach. You can only whine your jealous tears and complain about the housing market. You’re the reason everyone thinks the left are a bunch of idiot kids in colorful clothes. In a utopic communist society you’d be leeching off while whining about how everyone keeps working even though it’s clearly unnecessary.
You must’ve used the power of both your brain cells to write that comment.