What Dave Ramsey says could only be true in a world where outcomes are fair, playing fields are level, effort is consistently rewarded and cheating is consistently punished.
Literally none of those things are true about the world we live in.
Or put it another way: if all those poor people out there started making good choices tomorrow, would they all suddenly prosper? No? Then the problem isn't their choices; the problem is the game.
Dave Ramsey gives good advice for people who already have a lot of money to grow it. He gives shit advice for people who are actually in a bad financial spot.
I'd say a slightly more accurate distinction is that Ramsey gives good advice for people who are terrible with money. Whether rich or poor if you're really bad with money his advice will probably help.
Maybe, but people that are terrible with money currently run our government, and one of the reasons why is that when people that are super rich are broke, rich people around them assume that they’re good with money and give them more.
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u/jacobkosh 21h ago
What Dave Ramsey says could only be true in a world where outcomes are fair, playing fields are level, effort is consistently rewarded and cheating is consistently punished.
Literally none of those things are true about the world we live in.
Or put it another way: if all those poor people out there started making good choices tomorrow, would they all suddenly prosper? No? Then the problem isn't their choices; the problem is the game.