Thing is, you obviously can become reasonably wealthy by following the first chart, if you're talented and 1 in 10 thousand lucky, whereas the second chart has a significant success rate.
The mega rich are too weak-willed to concede they've essentially hit a 1 in 60 million Powerball. Winning the lottery warrants glee, not pride.
Billionaires all exploit the working class—or at the very least they all inherently rely on its occurrence, without exception.
I'd add a third slice to the second pie: steal your way there.
I'd add a third slice to the second pie: steal your way there.
That is expliotation of working class
To make the odds in your favor even worse, all your competitors have an existing fortune and ARE exploiting the workforce. Good luck 👍
The youngest billionaire becomes one after inheriting a fortune.
If that's not pulling yourself up by the bootstraps, well then I don't know what is.
Not to forget the third category: dumb luck
It's the right half! (Dumb people getting rich without head start is incredibly rare)
Behind the Bastards covers a few of them. IIRC Dr. Oz grew up poor and went to medical school on scholarship.
He's not fuck you money rich like Bezos or Musk, both of which lucked into the birth lottery.
Though tbf, Oz got rich by scamming people out of their money with endorsing supplements that don't work.
Read a study earlier that stated that the majority of high corporate execs are most likely psychopaths
Are you sure it wasn't sociopath? It does take a certain amount of decision-making lacking empathy or remorse.
I think it's the other way around: only psychopaths can become corporate execs
Hmmm... I think you could squeeze in tax-evasion and money-laundering.
You first need something to evade or launder.
The „merciless exploitation of the working class” is not how they get rich, but how they keep their wealth. If you're poor, you can't really exploit the working class. It's basically just birth lottery with a really really small section for the people with luck and/or hard work.
If you're poor, you can't really exploit the working class.
Scammers from across the planet have entered the chat.
If you’re poor, you can’t really exploit the working class.
Tell that to the po-lice
If you're poor, you can't really exploit the working class.
Of course you can. It's called turning to crime. Most pimps, low level drug dealers, etc, aren't rich.
You just listed service industry workers
Both?
I would split the second into thirds and add a "Lying, cheating and stealing" slice.
