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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is just going to turn into a humble bragging circle-jerk for defensive so-called “self made” users here. [/quote]

Yep.  Lots of people explaining why THEY are super-rich because of their own hard work and good choices, and THEY deserve their good fortune, but THEY are super down to earth or aware of their privileges, and also everyone could be successful if they just worked hard enough, because that's definitely how life works.  [/quote]

I think this interesting because I come from a legitimately poor upbringing and am a professional with a hhi > 1M now and I have the opposite reaction. It was very, very hard to make this jump (and my beloved siblings didn’t.) yes, lots of hard work was involved but more so dumb luck (right teacher at the right time encouraging me, the luck of being a fast learner, did not have a tendency to get depressed despite lots of stressors.)  if any of those things had been different I would be in my old neighborhood also working very hard.  I think lots of people remember their hard work (I do too) but not all the other random things that made a change in SES possible. [/quote]

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