No, not finding a role in society where you generate a lot of value in the type of transactions people are willing to pay for keeps you from being a rich person.

That's basically what they said. There are tons of things people are willing to pay for that would also be unethical to facilitate.

You can become wealthy simply through hard work and being frugal. There are a ton of fields where it’s easy to make a 6 figure income doing ethical legitimate work, and computer programming is a huge one.

Save 50% of your salary for 20 years, invest at even a mediocre rate and you will be a multimillionaire and able to retire on a 6 figure income for the rest of your life.

The difference between you the vast majority of the self made wealthy isn’t ethics, it’s drive, ambition, and the willingness to forgo luxuries.

> There are tons of things people are willing to pay for that would also be unethical to facilitate

such as?

If you exclude illegal acts, i cannot think of what unethical, but high demand goods/services there are that are currently under-served. Gambling, prostitution and other such vices? All highly competitive.

There are many. A lot of Pyramid/MLM schemes are legal but basically all unethical.

The hologram bracelet and other similar 'products' are unethical.

As for this article and OnlyFans. I don't see a problem with selling nudes (although some people might), but what I gives me pause is the analysis that the 'fans' think they're buying intimacy and friendship. If that is the case, this is highly unethical unless you actually provide some sort of a real human relationship (which of course would not scale very well).

So do you derive your ethics from legality, i.e to you believe that if something is legal it is automatically ethical, and if something is illegal that is automatically unethical?

For example I find Loot Boxes to be a highly predatory and unethical way of monetization in gaming yet they are legal, I also find it completely ethical for a person to grow a certain plant in their home garden but it is illegal...

> So do you derive your ethics from legality

yes, in some sense. when they differ, i would choose to make (or lobby for) what is unethical also illegal.

Wow, that is very authoritarian political view. I hope you do not have much success in making things your dislike illegal

> in making things your dislike illegal

dislike is very different from unethical.

Dislike is my taste - other people could have different tastes.

Unethical is defined by me as actions that "if everybody did it, society would collapse".

Advertising? You make your money based on a few brands paying you big $$$ in exchange for you inconveniencing everyone else (who didn't ask for anything and often has no choice - very few platforms allow paying to opt-out of ads) by showing them ads.

There are many, many more that are ethical.

Wow, a sarcastic post seems to have really struck a nerve with a politically correct crowd today...

It is always a sad reminder than humor and sarcasm really are dead in the world, I miss the mid 90's internet more and more every year....

In reality i do pretty good terms of my income and assets because i do provide value people are willing to pay for.

The bigger question is why my sarcastic comment seems to have struck a nerve with many people...

If lots of people take your sarcastic comments at face value, maybe the problem isn’t with them?

The question is not about having a problem, or being the problem

The question is why so many people are perpetually outraged or offended and attempt to fine offense at every turn, every comment, every interaction.

Victim Mentality is at a all time high in human society and it is not a good thing