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this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2024
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Nah, it's all a lottery. If being an asshole was enough there'd be way more rich people.
Nah, being an asshole is just a minimum requirement to becoming megawealthy with regards to anything but the lottery. —I didn't say that immense luck still wasn't required. That's a given and the fact that most megarich people don't recognize this feeds back into them being assholes.
I really don't think so. If you went back in time and bought a bunch of Apple stock you too could be a billionaire, no obviously antisocial behavior required.
There are examples of billionaires that were helped along the way by being an asshole, and it might improve your chances slightly, but it's neither necessary nor sufficient.
Unambiguously agree. They actually prefer being called evil to being called lucky.