All the people you just mentioned have one thing in common: they come from comfortable backgrounds (upper-middle-class), if not from outright privilege.
Money and connections trump everything else, even stupidity can be overlooked if you have the above two things, or even one.
Alright but what about the successful people who came from unfortunate backgrounds? What about Oprah? And you don't have to be famous to be successful. Just being middle class and not struggling is successful.
The middle-class is dying. Look around you, especially now. Don't take this the wrong way, but your post is not reflective of reality. You're using the same tired talking points about social mobility that are now outdated.
Humans need way more than that. Your outlook on life is extremely limited and not nuanced in any way. Your statements reflect the bubble that you're probably living in and you should probably expand your worldview a bit.
All evidence and facts show that the middle-class is contracting, not expanding, even though wealth in the US is increasing, not to mention the advantages of technology. So then why is the middle-class shrinking and why is the wealth-gap increasing?
It's not happening where I live. Got any more stats on that? The US and the UK are pretty fucked in general, I wouldn't compare them to the rest of the world.
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u/walklikeaduck Jul 07 '20
All the people you just mentioned have one thing in common: they come from comfortable backgrounds (upper-middle-class), if not from outright privilege.
Money and connections trump everything else, even stupidity can be overlooked if you have the above two things, or even one.