MostlyHarmlessJan 12, 2023
THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE
1. Private School
2. Legacy Ivy admission
3. Nepotism hire
4. Seed capital from family money
5. Club memberships
6. Personal assistant, nanny, ghostwriter
7. Journalists who ask “what’s your secret?” and uncritically publish the lame answer
Show threadMordko
@MostlyHarmless Wrong. Sergey Bryn: poor immigrant; family shared a small flat with grandparents. Steve Jobs: adopted by a couple which wasn’t well off.
Jan 12, 2023 at 6:23pmWeb
Show threadSoozcatJan 12, 2023
@Mordko @MostlyHarmless It's always possible to find the tiny handful of exceptions to the rule. That doesn't negate the rule.
Show threadMordkoJan 12, 2023
@Soozcat @MostlyHarmless saying “its a rule” does not make it so. In fact, if you are healthy, no excuse to be unsuccessful if you live in a rich country. Get qualified and you’ll be fine.
Show threadSoozcatJan 12, 2023
@Mordko @MostlyHarmless Oh honey. I'm sorry for you but I can't fix your delusions. Good luck out there.
Show threadMordkoJan 13, 2023
@Soozcat @MostlyHarmless Appreciate patronizing attitude. Bye
Show threadAlex Galt 🧄Jan 13, 2023
@Mordko @MostlyHarmless this list is absolutely true of a lot of people. I know some. I smiled at the last one especially because a family I know was asked how they did what they did while raising a family in an interview and they did not mention their nanny or their housekeeper. The source of their wealth: a privately held family company. Only one of the 7 above didn’t hold true for them. Yes, there are outliers like you mentioned. There have to be or people wouldn’t buy into the system.
Show threadMordkoJan 13, 2023
@alex_galt @MostlyHarmless I’ll be honest. Having come from a poor country I find this type of thinking pathetic. In N America its simple: 1. Get qualifications. 2. Get a job. 3. You’ll do great. No need to be envious. Of course there are problems but having rich people isn’t it.
Show threadAlex Galt 🧄Jan 13, 2023

@Mordko @MostlyHarmless

Envious? Who said I was envious? Those people should be envious of me. I'm looking around my house and everything I see I earned—they'll never experience that. The list is descriptive and, if anything, it's critical of a type of person who was born with/given unbelievable advantages but can't acknowledge it to themself or others. People like this I know don't seem particularly happy.

Show threadMordkoJan 13, 2023
@alex_galt @MostlyHarmless the list claims that “highly successful people” are born into money. True for some but not others. So its a lie. Why lie? To explain own failure. “Not my fault, I didn’t have a rich dad”. Envy. No need to educate yourself and work hard. Its no good anyway. Looser’s philosophy. That’s my train of thought on this.
Show threadAlex Galt 🧄Jan 13, 2023

@Mordko @MostlyHarmless

You're welcome to your train of thought, but I do think it's making you ascribe motivations to others that don't exist. I can't speak for anyone but myself, but as I said before, I'm not envious. What I am is critical of an economic system that creates vast inequities at birth. There's nothing 'natural' about that, it's the result of policy. I question those policies because I would like to live in a society where people have equal access to opportunity.

Show threadMordkoJan 13, 2023
@alex_galt @MostlyHarmless alright. How do you get “equal access to opportunity”? Take kids away from parents? Because some are better at parenting than others? We’ve seen this movie before… Building Utopias has its own challenges.
I came to England with one pound in my pocket. Poor language skills. No connections. Did OK. Not a bad system. Not equal, but you get a chance if you want to learn and work.
Show threadMordkoJan 13, 2023
@alex_galt @MostlyHarmless of course envy isn’t the only reason for spreading this ideology. Reasonable alternative explanations could be made. Line pandering to envious people.
Show threadAlex Galt 🧄Jan 13, 2023
@Mordko @MostlyHarmless Ideology? I think you're too up in your own ideology to listen to anyone else. I don't get the sense that you've heard anything I said here and I'm not interested in conversations that are one sided. Life's too short. So I wish you the best.