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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Someone said to me once "if you really wanted to do X, you would have done it".

Your post reminded me of that, because many people might really want to be rich, but they don't become rich because it's a difficult thing to achieve. So maybe wanting something isn't enough. Maybe you need luck or other advantages on your side too.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil 14 points 3 days ago

many people might really want to be rich, but they don’t become rich because it’s a difficult thing to achieve

Wealth compounds easily, practically in a country that rewards the wealthy with cheap credit and subsidizes high risk investment.

When your mom is on the board at IBM, when your best friends are the children of millionaires and billionaires, or when you have access to hedge fund levels of start up money, becoming rich isn't that hard.

It's a cringe thing to say, but your Network really is your Net Worth. Just being a Kennedy is worth it's weight, as evidenced by our future HHS Secretary's history.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Wanting something is the first step towards accomplishing anything

The second step is asking for a small loan of $20-30 million dollars from your family's colonial heritage trust fund.

And then, hard work and pulling yourself up by your boot str--

What? Why are you all looking at me like that?