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And I am beginning to question whether The American Dream was a dream or a mass delusion.

It has always been a delusion. Don’t get me wrong, you can work hard and scrape a living together but you’re not getting rich without a lot of luck and capital backing.

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MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Or alternatively, with collusion and/or a lack of morality, most likely while abusing or circumventing laws. This is the easier route, which is why most now-billionaires took it.

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- LePoisson@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
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  - MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Oh, don’t get me wrong. I know from a great-uncle that you can get lucky without being an asshole. But that’s rare.
    
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