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CillGuy t1_je2xggc wrote

Reply to comment by archeusdevine in We're assured that qualifications are essential, but none of the very richest people got their wealth from theirs by pufballcat

Money most definitely does not guarantee success

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Alspelpha t1_je2yw3r wrote

Not working with enough money. Endeavors with copious resources are more likely to succeed, thus multiplying the money. Also, it means you have more attempts/time to get it right.

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CillGuy t1_je2z64q wrote

I understand how money can make things easier sometimes. That’s still far from a guarantee.

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69duck420 t1_je3jgae wrote

No you don't understand, at some point of wealth, no matter how incompetent your money will make you more money. Look at Elon musk, he literally failed upwards into being the world's richest man.

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CillGuy t1_je3n6eh wrote

Not only is that still wrong, but your point about Musk is wrong as well. I highly recommend looking at this from a logical standpoint instead of the way you are now; you seem very attached and blinded by your hatred of wealth and/or a few selected wealthy people.

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ajc89 t1_je49kc6 wrote

I think this kind of comment is very ironic. You aren't looking at the situation logically, because it scares you to acknowledge the world is very far from fair and that people who are worshipped as saviors of humanity are actually just dudes.

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CillGuy t1_je582m4 wrote

Our society and economic system is far from fair. That doesn't refute my original point though.

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dewayneestes t1_je2zes7 wrote

The best Star Wars movie was the one with the tightest budget. Tight budgets make people more creative and efficient at problem solving because they make trade offs as opposed to just throwing everything in regardless of cost.

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Spawn7586 t1_je469sz wrote

Still, most of the movies with tight budgets will fail (and you'll probably never even see them). Exactly like one can come from a poor neighborhood and become famous while the rest of the neighborhood stays in poverty.

There's a good Veritasium video about success and how polarizing it is, basically if one person out of 100 (doing the same things) succeed, doesn't mean that what he/she did was the formula of success. Maybe he/she was lucky, but we will still say that doing those steps provide a chance to succeed even though it was merely by chance.

Statistically speaking, people coming from wealthy families will achieve success simply 'cause even if you do nothing more than safe investments you'll still get more profits... You also get access to better schools and in return you'll get access to better jobs and so on so forth

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_tyjsph_ t1_je4l0qh wrote

you have a better chance of becoming a pop star when your dad can book you a hollywood studio session with shellback and pay every radio station in 100 miles to play your song versus putting your self produced garageband song on soundcloud though

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CillGuy t1_je584w7 wrote

"I understand how money can make things easier sometimes. That’s still far from a guarantee."

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