Well, you don't get rich with honest work. Quite contradictory even, you get more money by working less physically.

Because "Interesting" as a descriptor is context-dependent.

It's reactionary:

"Did you know you can't lick your own elbow?"

😅 Interesting *proceeds to lick their own elbow

Vs.

"I keep a colony of maggots to process my organic waste"

🤢🤮 Interesting

Rich doesnt always equate success. Depends what your goal and priorities are. If your goal in life is to just to be rich, then yeah, most likely dont need a degree. If your goal in life is to contribute to science, medicine, technology, education, engineering, construction etc qualifications are essential.

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The wealthy rarely leave their money to family and if they do it’s a small percentage. The problem is power you don’t need any real qualifications for that.

Well, it actually is becoming that way, the system is getting more rigid and our freedom is getting more restricted as it is becoming more dependant on money.

Therefore, things like "family, creativity and such" are becoming more of a luxury than an available option for everyone. It's coming to a point (at least in US) where people just work to live paycheck to paycheck, to feed benefits to those in charge, creating that "freedom" to the top elite while the working class is stuck just working awful jobs with awful conditions and awful pays...

I do believe we're heading towards a society where we live just to work and keep the system going.

The funny thing is, the state needs to be fueled so they will ban abortions, try to increase birth rate by giving "help" to those families that have kids and... Soon we'll be wondering whether the world is trying to replicate Handmaid's Tale.

Enjoy the ride while you can, soon people will stop having kids to a huge decrease in life quality and suicides are gonna be more common than ever with an economic situation effed up.

Not true. A**holes get cut off. Even the super rich know unchecked wealth can ruin people. Most wealthy people go to school. Unfortunately you don’t need qualifications for power. Power is the real problem. Look at all the politicians with power. Zero qualifications.

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An example is shown in the next source: https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-evolution-human-origins/life-expectancy-myth-and-why-many-ancient-humans-lived-long-077889

He was just Cool Dude Nick

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Who would determine the “qualifications” needed to be a millionaire?

I've told already told you that there is no way to fully eliminate it, but minimizing it is still a good thing to strive for

$60 million? JK Rowling has a billion.

Also knowledge pre-loads. While not every profession needs a degree, most benefit from a fundamental understanding of their field or even their employers field.

My central heat is via natural gas, I most definitely heats the planet.

It really didn’t help him at all that his mom was friends with executives at IBM. Big strong man did it all by himself.

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Now, this! Finally, a good shower thought. Not just some average observation, not just a statement of basic and blatantly obvious fact. Not grounded in an unscientific understanding of scientific things. A real, honest, down to Earth shower thought!

Amazing!

Kind of a boomer take. Yeah of course if you can’t do the job, then you shouldn’t be hired for it. But the current job environment often wants 3-5 year’s experience for entry level positions that are mostly learned in the fly anyways.

>, but none of the very richest people got their wealth from theirs

There are lots of heirs no doubt... But there are lots of people who elevated themselves.

Opera Winfrey, abused and molested runaway... Now worth $2.5B

Leonardo Del Vecchio, sunglasses manufacturer....started by working in an auto parts factory.... Now worth $25B

Kenny Troutt paid his way through college by selling insurance. Then he started Excel Communication which he later sold for $3B.

Sheldon Adelson, son of a cab driver, made his fortune with vending machines. Eventually becoming the CEO of Vegas Sands. He left his family $29B.

John Paul DeJoria sold his first products (Paul Mitchell hair products) door to door ... Started with a $700 loan... Now worth $2.9B

J.K. Rowling was single mother struggling to pay rent before her Harry Potter novels put her on track for $60 Million net worth.

There are lots of examples of people who had nothing at the start turn their ideas and desires into a large net worth.

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I didn't say that (I butted into the conversation).

Do you not see death as a choice? What would be a better option? Force others to support you just because? Is it still coercion if instead of death you get provided the bare minimum to keep you alive? At what standard of living is it no longer coercion?

Even in an anarchist society you will have to come to some type of arrangement with society to meet your basic needs (unless you live on your own in the wilderness or something). The visions of anarchist society I've heard of would not let these "lost causes" die, but in reality I see this as a kindness, not some obligation.

All the internet did was show how much shittier the world was than people new