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edmund_the_destroyer wrote (edited )

I think most of the people telling these kinds of false 'rags to riches' stories actually believe what they're saying. They're blind to their advantages.

So for example, the US school funding model is classist. If your parents are wealthy you probably lived in a wealthy district and attended a good school. That's one huge advantage you didn't earn. Then they probably help you pay for college, and even if you took out the loans yourself they probably covered some of your living expenses through college. That's your second huge advantage. Then after graduation they probably provided you with a working car (maybe used, but that doesn't matter) and possibly rent-free living and free groceries at home while you started you career. That's your third.

Then you walk around thinking you're a self-started success story, when at least 80% of the population had more obstacles to capitalist success (so-called success).

Edit: I would add that the article says people making these mistakes downplay, omit, or don't recognize their upper class advantages. I think it's all "don't recognize".

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