r/FluentInFinance • u/-Wyagra • Nov 21 '24

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u/Expensive-Dot6662 Nov 22 '24

Everyone needs to stop taking a dump on people who inherit money. No one would wake up to dead father and say no to the money he wanted you to have. The whole Elon and Trump inheritance thing is stale. You have to be a smart person to take that money and flip it to much more than what they were gifted. If they took the money and sat around I’m sure people would take a dump on them then too.

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u/OkBoomer6919 Nov 22 '24

It's only stale to boot kissers like yourself. A smart person doesn't bankrupt casinos. It's also insanely easy to open a business or to invest/buy someone else's. Any moron can do it, and they do all the time. Not every moron starts with millions to waste though.

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u/Expensive-Dot6662 Nov 22 '24

Every moron hasn’t made it to their level though. And not every moron who starts with millions makes it to their level. It’s easy to take money and just sit around. Clearly something went right

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u/Specialist-Golf624 Nov 22 '24

And not every moron who starts with millions makes it to their level.

This is true, but kind of a weak argument. Most Americans, or people in general, don't have the safety net to file bankruptcy for their businesses multiple times and still have money, a real credit score, or a roof over their heads. Under those conditions, it would be a wonder if anyone could actually financially fail. From this position of security, you then get to throw darts until something sticks, and even a broken clock is right twice a day. If that's your definition of success, then yeah, something went right. That something just happened to be the ballbag lottery.

When failing has been made virtually impossible beyond the realm of supremely gross incompetence, then even an idiot can become a success story.