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Re:Why obsessively following successful people online is dan... by raspasov on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @01:06AM (#28755665)
Simply receiving an inheritance does not qualify as success, IMO.
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Re:Why obsessively following successful people online is dan... by imtringued on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @04:48AM (#28756873)
Do what the father did.
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Re:Why obsessively following successful people online is dan... by theyx on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @06:48PM (#28766721)
You are right, but we don't know how "successful" people got where they are. Look at E. Musk, for example. Widely taken as the pinnacle of success, with his education, fortune, "achievements" literally built either on his family's apartheid's fortune or on putting his name on other's successes.
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