I don’t think anyone means literally one person did all the work when they say “self made.” Also, you as an individual pay for most of the things you get from the rest of society. You’re still earning it, more or less.
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AdmiralShat@programming.dev 1 year ago
Self made is a fallacy regardless of background.
Money requires a society to operate, and business requires customers and they require hard work from many people. It’s a huge group effort from every direction.
rchive@lemm.ee 1 year ago
the_q@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Except at the very top. That requires no real work… unless putting a boot on the real workers neck counts as “work”.
KevonLooney@lemm.ee 1 year ago
It does require work. Most businesses have competitors. Most billionaires are extremely competitive people because it takes a lot of effort and luck to get to the top.
Does it contribute to society? No, not really. But it does require a lot of work. Look at the difference between old money and new money families.
Old money families are the ones that don’t work, because they are just normal people with a ton of money. New money families had to work really hard and be really lucky. They literally don’t know how to slow down and relax.
At a minimum, we need stronger regulations, higher wages, and higher corporate taxes to make these people and their money work for us.
lemmycdatass@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
They said ‘real’ work, which probably means manual labor. Old money or new money, I doubt any of them made it laying bricks or pipe…