• themeatbridge
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    1492 months ago

    Worse, he thinks he was just unlucky that he happened to get sick, and thinks his “success” proves he was right all along. Meanwhile, his “success” was entirely built on leeching off other people and abusing charity.

    • @owenfromcanada@lemmy.world
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      812 months ago

      The sad part is that he couldn’t put two and two together. Health problem interrupting your job? It’s not like poor people ever have to deal with health problems, they’re just lazy, right? /s

    • @tryitout
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      322 months ago

      The luck bit really clashes with the survivorship bias.

      • themeatbridge
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        282 months ago

        I mean, he’s lucky he could bail on poverty. His dad got sick, and he didn’t have to stop working to care for his dad. He was seeing a doctor regularly to monitor his health, and could call it when his health started to really suffer, after just 10 months.

      • ThePowerOfGeek
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        122 months ago

        “As a very rich person I was just unlucky to hit some health problems in this experiment. But all those yucky poor people? Nah, that’s morning to do with bad luck. That’s just bootstraps and laziness.” -Douchebag clueless millionaire experimenter