Re:Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to...
by wildrhythms on Sunday December 11, 2022 @10:08AM
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>It takes a certain combination of work/knowledge/luck to profit from anything in life.
Plenty of people 'profiting' on the wealth of their parents, grandparents, etc. when they themselves have never worked a day in their life and don't have much knowledge of anything.
Inherited wealth is an obvious contradiction to the meritocracy that so many people believe we live within today.
Re:Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to...
by 627467 on Sunday December 11, 2022 @02:20PM
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If my response seemed to support the idea of meritocracy as a fact it was unintended. Obviously I missed "inheritance" or family-estate from the triad.
Plenty of people 'profiting' on the wealth of their parents, grandparents, etc. when they themselves have never worked a day in their life and don't have much knowledge of anything.
Inherited wealth is an obvious contradiction to the meritocracy that so many people believe we live within today.