• yOya@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Those that can’t come up with original ideas… quote cliches that were worn out 40 years ago.

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        1 year ago

        Mainly because there is no such thing as self made anything. We all live in a society, no one outside hunter gathers are self made.

        A self made rich person did not pass the laws that allowed them to amass wealth.

        A self made rich person did not educate themselves.

        A self made rich person did not enforce the laws stopping other people from taking their shit.

        A self made rich person did not diagnose and treat their health issues to allow them to be healthy.

        A self made rich person did not grow the food that allowed them to work on something other than their own survival.

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            1 year ago

            Yes, they do. Which is why they’re only giving citation for the ones that DID do the work that made them comfortable, instead of the people that capitalized (note the phrasing) on other people’s hard work.