For a while, I kept seeing memes like these and thinking, "Who actually says/believes these things about [m/b]illionaires?"

Then it unlocked an old memory from grade school where we were given a list of, like, ten things millionaires do with dumb shit like, "Get up early in the morning," "Have a daily schedule," and, "Keep a journal."

Left chart is also correct, it's just your hard work and can-do attitude that makes them rich.

Hey, the right one isn’t true!

Where’s “not paying taxes” and “making deals with the mafia”?

And manipulating tax law, don't forget about that.

I'm not sure the second one should be a pie chart, more of a Venn diagram with both circles almost completely overlapping.

I met a farmer who was bitching about welfare and how people should do some proper work to make a proper wage.

Yeah. Dude worked his entire life. Yeah, dude worked hard on his farm to make it make money.

Dude is completely OBLIVIOUS that he was handed a multi-million $$$ farm with basic equipment from his father, taught by his father how to run the farm since an early age, never had to train himself, pay for education, or start from nothing.

So yeah... some of them do work hard all their lives, but are completely tone-deaf to the fact they were given the tools to do so in the first place.

It is a lot of hard work mercilessly exploiting the working class, and you have to have a lot of gumption to pretend it is a good thing - but the rich CAN DO IT.

I think the one on the left is the first generation, the one on the right the second generation. When you think of the uber rich they are usually second or third generation but upper middle class can come from not much.

Also just lottery (not like state sponsored perse) but some people do just get lucky later in life.

You forgot the “birth lottery AND exploiting workers” category

Trump is equal-parts. The little trust fund child got $412 million from daddy over the years, and then he proceeded to exploit people.

... But now, Mary Trump is probably richer than he is. Actually most people probably are now.

i certainly feel less hate for billionaires that actually did something to benefit society [taylor swift, gates, etc] versus nameless faceless banker reptiles that simply move money around and live unimaginably vast and free lives, completely undeserving of any of it