• Echo Dot
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    7 months ago

    Yeah they pulled themselves up by their bootstraps, with nothing more then a couple of million from their parents.

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      It’s not fair but it’s the only way. Stewardship is hard. Business is hard and risky. People often fail to recognize the risky nature.

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        7 months ago

        Trump has literally failed at every business ventured he has spearheaded… he is still a billionaire… where is the risk again?

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          And those people can take “risks” multiple times with their connections made through money because they can afford that. Oh? What are you saying? If they can take the risks safely it means they aren’t actually risks? Oh well…

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        I have no problem with people making money. Why would I have a problem with people making money if they’re successful?

        These people are not successful because of their talent, they are successful because they have money. Success breeds success and riches breed more riches. If they do well enough they can stick everything in a high interest saver account and live off the interest.

        So it’s a bit rich when they claim to be some big shot and to lecture everyone else on their secret magic talent, which is usually nothing else other than they were lucky with their birthright.

        See Donald Trump is a classic example of this. The man couldn’t think his out way out a wet paper bag, and yet he’s fabulously wealthy even if he’s lying about 90% of his income he still has more money than most people would know what to do with. Everything he is is because of his father, all of his success has been despite his personal “accomplishments” not because of them.