socialnerdd.bsky.social
I’m Itachi and a Social Nerd. Take that as you will…
👤 Joined on 24 November 2024
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@thflood.bsky.social@thflood.bsky.social → @socialnerdd.bsky.socialThe idea of pulling up by bootstraps is rubbish, and it’s a funny play on words, it’s literally impossible to pull self up by bootstraps. It’s a fine phrase for moralizing, though, doing something that is impossible but overcoming the reality of gravity, by willpower. 🙄
Show PostBuffet's father was a Congressman and stock trader already so nope. Mark Cuban did come from the working class, but I don't believe anyone is self made and if you could go into his past you'll find he had a LOT of help along the way. It's impossible to do otherwise.
Show PostBesos got a $300,000 from his parents to start Amazon. Musk had money from his parents emerald mines in apartheid South Africa. Gates got his break when his mom, a VP at IBM got him a sweetheart deal with his DOS operating system, Trump from his draft dodging dad. Buffett and Cuban are self made.
Show PostYou can always tell when a story was written by a person of privilege that never had to work a second gig to pay for the additional expenses of the holiday season.
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