How did the Rich Get That Way? By Being Lucky

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True shid. Most rich folks were born rich. I remember a few years ago, I was lightweight drunk in Baltimore on Halloween. I had just come from Fells Point cause that shid is lightweight cracking on Halloween. Hella drunk hoes in skimpy costumes.

But as I was walking back to my car, it started to rain. It was fukking me up cause I was dressed as the blasian Indiana Jones with the brown leather bomber and some fresh wheat Timbos. You ain't gonna get no play on Halloween if you ain't wearing a costume.

This old white dude in a spotless brand new Chevy pulls up and asks me if there is anywhere to eat in the close vicinity. I said "I don't know". He offered me a ride back to my car because it started pouring. It was an old white dude so I thought it was harmless. Inside the car he had cameras instead of mirrors. That was some exclusive baller ish a few years ago. I asked dude "what were you doing when you were my age?" as tipsy as I was.

He said "I'm not trying to make you feel bad, but when I was 26, I sold my parents' business for 6 billion dollars. My family has been in America since 1790..." :ooh::ohhh::whoo::why:

I was like "damn". He got more money than Oprah and Jigga. Dude ain't have to work a day in his life. Must be nice. :shaq2: Old dude was a weirdo though. Seemed like he was gay for real.

My family has always been middle class. But I ain't realize how hard my family struggled until I got a little older. I'm thankful I grew up with both a mother and a father. My father showed me that hard work pays off. My family used to live in one of the roughest neighborhoods in California. The hood-hood. A place that the damn cops were scared to go. Ten year old contract killers and prepubescent crack dealers and everything. My mother supported the family back then and we were broke, but I never knew it. My pops went back to school to get a degree and when he finally got his shid together we moved to the suburbs for a much better life.

Thats good enough for me. I don't need to be rich. Most folks who wasn't born rich and end up getting rich end up tricking off all they fetti anyway. :manny:
 

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Most rich folks are rich because of things beyond their control

You look at the kids of rich celebrities for example. Puff's son is not gonna be anywhere close to, let alone bigger than Puff, despite having had pretty much every possible advantage ever growing up. But at the end of the day he will still be richer than 99% of Americans. All he has to do is not fukk it up. Its pretty much the same bag for most rich Americans. If you have parents who can hook you up with jobs and teach you about money you are going to do better than someone born to a single mother w/no idea how the world works. So this myth that rich people are so because they are "better" than the avg person is ridiculous.

That said I dont know how to equalize the game either. As long as parents have influence and access to their kids, the kids born to parents with advantages will always to better- as they should IMO. However w/the game has to be made less volatile for people w/o those advantages, w/o killing the advantages rich parents rightfully earn + pass on to their kids.

You're the type of person I like to compete against...
 

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Most rich folks are rich because of things beyond their control

You look at the kids of rich celebrities for example. Puff's son is not gonna be anywhere close to, let alone bigger than Puff, despite having had pretty much every possible advantage ever growing up. But at the end of the day he will still be richer than 99% of Americans. All he has to do is not fukk it up. Its pretty much the same bag for most rich Americans. If you have parents who can hook you up with jobs and teach you about money you are going to do better than someone born to a single mother w/no idea how the world works. So this myth that rich people are so because they are "better" than the avg person is ridiculous.

That said I dont know how to equalize the game either. As long as parents have influence and access to their kids, the kids born to parents with advantages will always to better- as they should IMO. However w/the game has to be made less volatile for people w/o those advantages, w/o killing the advantages rich parents rightfully earn + pass on to their kids.

Education is the only way to equalize that is physically safe. Im talking about changing what is taught & how it is taught in primary school. They have no courses on how the markets work in public high school & that effects every human being on Earth unless u live off the land.
 

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Tanking the market on purpose and rebuying stock at low low prices.
 

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You're the type of person I like to compete against...
One can be competitive and aggressive while acknowledging the game is def rigged in certain people's favor. You can grind all you want... youll always be a peon in the context of billionaires.

Education is the only way to equalize that is physically safe. Im talking about changing what is taught & how it is taught in primary school. They have no courses on how the markets work in public high school & that effects every human being on Earth unless u live off the land.

Basic courses on personal finance would go far too. Lot of common sense shyt is not being taught in the home.
 
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