Re:What's behind rich people pretending to be self-made?
by BMFX on Monday January 29, 2018 @11:35PM
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The problem with that, you are always asking someone todo something. I am not disagreeing that some people have a stronger safety net, but everyone has to ask somebody for something to succeed. Very rarely can you just succeed without outside influence. Be it a random connection or someone you grew up living next door to.
Re:What's behind rich people pretending to be self-made?
by stochastic_monk on Monday January 29, 2018 @11:59PM
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I agree that you need help, but I think the difference is not having a personal safety net and “earning” help from others by doing good work, not having it handed to you by default.
There’s always chance, but I see a distinction.
If you can’t say that, you’re not truly self-made. The “rags-to-riches” tale has to actually be rags to riches.
There’s still doing great work and making something of yourself, but it’s very different when you do it from scratch.