Ask HN: How to continue to be gracious about the good fortune of rich friends?

Re:Ask HN: How to continue to be gracious about the good for... by sokoloff on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @12:57PM (#29812462)

Being born in the late 20th century and in a developed, wealthy country is are both massive advantages, even if your parents are middle-class school teachers (as mine were).

If those two facts constitute "significant advantages", then the obvious answer is "none of them", but that doesn't seem a productive place to draw the line.

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Re:Ask HN: How to continue to be gracious about the good for... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:14PM (#29812735)

How many billionaires come from a family of middle class school teachers or the like though?

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Re:Ask HN: How to continue to be gracious about the good for... by sokoloff on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:15PM (#29812745)

I thought we were discussing "millionaires and billionaires", not just billionaires.

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Re:Ask HN: How to continue to be gracious about the good for... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:31PM (#29812982)

I didn't introduce those terms here. I'm speaking of the 'wealthy elite', not some arbitrary dollar figure cut off. The point is that 'person born to wealthy parents continues to be wealthy' is still a common story and 'person born in rags becomes a billionaire' is non-existent. We are fed a narrative about hard work and earning, but the people at the top largely only got there by being born from the right womb.

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