• sweetpotato@lemmy.ml
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    6 hours ago

    Being born wealthy isn’t really optional. It’s actually necessary and a big reason why this system is so absolutely terrible, because the American dream is a capitalist myth to manipulate the masses.

    The exceptions are not always exceptions, like the apartheid boy Elon and the 1 in a million that actually is an exception is drilled into our brains by the media like how gambling companies make ads about the people that win the lottery.

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      4 hours ago

      Being born wealthy can also just be wrapped into luck. But i separated it because it isn’t strictly required, however unlikely, to become a billionaire. Exploitation and luck in some form is required every time.