• niktemadur@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I think it might be relevant to add:

    Dolly Parton worked her ass off, GOT LUCKY AND ACKNOWLEDGES IT, to get where she is.

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      6 hours ago

      That kind of honesty is early always the way with people from regular etc. backgrounds who made it. Probably because they’re surrounded by people who worked just as hard as they did but, through no fault of their own, never stood a chance of making it through bad luck.

      But then you’ll get some nepobaby, whos had over a million spent on their education, claiming to be a genius for earning a million in their lives, despite only (at best) breaking even.

      Or worse, somone like Elon who was given enough free capital that he didn’t need to spend on loving to keep spread betting until he got lucky acting like it was all down to him alone and no one else could have done what he did.