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Re:Everyone is totally just winging it, all the time (2014) by manmal on Sunday November 25, 2018 @04:31PM (#18529181)
Yes, because poor (or not-well-off) people have this enormous respect of money, and of people who have accumulated lots of it. They don’t want to waste this investor‘s time, and they are scared of asking customers for money.

Well-off people don’t have these problems. That random investor is just like their dad, plus or minus the Rolex, and they know their language („Have you been to Martha’s this year?“). Asking for money is not a problem either because they never experienced the process of spending money as painful - their worldview is that you have a certain budget to spend, and when it’s gone you either wait a bit or get some more.

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Re:Everyone is totally just winging it, all the time (2014) by expertentipp on Sunday November 25, 2018 @04:56PM (#18529311)
It's about consequences as well. Someone not-affluent and not-well-connected will not be able to wash off the liability for burning down millions.
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Re:Everyone is totally just winging it, all the time (2014) by hnuser355 on Monday November 26, 2018 @12:18AM (#18531248)
It’s so funny when you think about it. People are scouring the globe looking for places to put their money. They’ll hire armies of people to look for places to put their money. If I remember right Felix Dennis talked about this a lot in his book.
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