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You’re right it’s not helpful towards the goal of becoming an entrepreneur or whatever, but I disagree that it’s not helpful at the macro level.

We should all have this basic understanding of how our society works, and how our plutocrats got to be in the position they are in. We’re fed myths that they all started from the bottom and worked hard enough and smart enough to get where they are, and you can do it too! And if you can’t, you’re just not as smart or hard working as they are. These myths serve the people in power by preserving the status quo. I believe it is helpful to remind people that we should change the status quo instead of adopting a “grindset” to get yours within it.



> We’re fed myths that they all started from the bottom and worked hard enough and smart enough to get where they are, and you can do it too!

i know this may be rhetoric but i’ve never heard someone say that. a lot of folks in power say “I got lucky but also worked hard”

it’s counter productive to claim the elite is this super disconnected group of people. because they are not and it weakens the case for reform.

let’s be honest many successful people work hard, yet most unsuccessful people don’t.

there’s a number of lazy successful people

there’s also a bunch unsuccessful hard working people

nuance is better than hyperbole


The elite are a super disconnected group of people. My understanding is that their children don't even have the same capacity for empathy as children from other classes. Money literally changes how humans think, such that humans with significant wealth have a different psychology. There is of course nuance but let's not pretend like moneyed people, new or old, are normal.


> My understanding is that their children don't even have the same capacity for empathy as children from other classes

I don't know. It seems like you are dehumanizing rich kids which I don't really think it's a great idea. Sure, entitlement is a thing but it's not like rich kids don't have their own struggles


I never said anything you are disagreeing with.


> let’s be honest many successful people work hard > there’s also a bunch unsuccessful hard working people

The key point is that the number of unsuccessful hard working people is humongously larger than successful hard working people, so working hard does not really correlate with having success, no matter what the survivor bias tell them.


probably philosophical difference

“so you’re saying there’s a chance!?”

is good enough for me, plus when i work hard i feel better even when it doesn’t pay off.


Right. It's the same reason why people buy lottery tickets.


If by "reform" you mean keeping these elites, then yeah, there's no case for that kind of reform. We're way past the point where that was viable.

The question now is how much violence will be involved in the next reboot of said elites. That it is coming has been obvious for almost a decade now.




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