Have you considered that if you jack off hard enough, you will eventually get your semen to arc over your shoulder?

Tell me more about how shitting only twice a week means you don’t deserve to be rich. Because I have Crohn’s

Researchers have found that the number 1 (by far) predictor of wealth is….wealth. Just like most things in life, you are more likely to have traits passed down from one generation to the next, and wealth is one of those things. Yes, there are people out there who “came from nothing” and are wealthy but it’s pretty rare. And i won’t go into the reasons why it’s rare for those brought up in poverty to one day make millions..but it definitely has nothing to do with intelligence or morality.

The more you poop the more value you create.

Seems like shitposting is back on the menu boys.

I’ve had a decent amount of exposure to various parts of the British class system, so here are my actual reports from the trenches, to counter this weird story-telling.

Observed qualities of people who have rich parents:

• Universally show strong class signals. Never saw them display any shame or self-awareness about their unearned advantages (although that kind of thing is supposedly pretty common in Oxford and Cambridge?)

• More likely to be very good at socialising, especially playing games like “professional networking” or “becoming an influencer”. I’d estimate one part enculturated confidence, one part class-signalling (especially those signals which make you “conventionally attractive”), and one part outright bias (I’d pretty frequently witness people who were smiles-and-sunshine towards those with the right class signals, and much more cold towards everyone else).

• Overrepresented in my highly-competitive degree course, but it’s embarrassingly obvious that the British education system is not meritocratic.

• A bit more likely to be low-key sociopathic, but some of them grew out of it. I’m inclined to call it “immaturity” instead. Lots of unearned self-confidence, lots of jockeying for social status; usually tolerable, but did tire me out sometimes.

• Unusually socially conventional, I think? More likely to end up as house-and-kids-by-30, climbing-the-career-ladder types. Less likely to be overtly depressed.

• Definitely not unusually hard-working, genuine, kind, conscientious, intelligent, etc.

Observed qualities of self-made millionaires:

• Much more rare than the former category.

• Seem to be evenly-distributed across the class system (if you’re looking at small-business owners, rather than people who draw a six-figure salary from their employer). Plenty of building contractors (or doctors!) out there who are working-class from head to toe.

• Sometimes shockingly bad at networking, dealing with corporate hierarchies, etc.

• Pretty good at working hard, but usually don’t need to do the ninety-hour-week grindset nonsense beyond the first few years of establishing their business.

• In general, again, just… normal-person vibes? Sometimes had a ruthless streak, but not evil cutthroat capitalists. Usually a bit pants at managing people. Definitely not Übermenschen.

Woman famous for gnome porn and low-grade fascism has self-worth issues. More at 10.

CEOs were paid 351 times as much as a typical worker in 2020. It takes a Herculean feat of naivety to think that tracks with skill, as if person could be 351 times more skilled than another at any task, rather than the outsized power that executives have to set their own pay.

‘have you considered . . .’ Yes. Shut the fuck up.

Aella should maybe drink more water and eat foods high in fiber, like green leafy vegetables. Then they will be able to void their body in the bathroom as frequently and as thoroughly as they void their mind on Twitter.

I… I’m a little worried about her heath? I abhor her politics and all, but it sounds like she might have some actual health issues that need to be addressed?

Also, obligatory eye-rolling at how hard everyone in the Rationalist sphere idolizes rich people.

i mean im guessing her followers already have

“have you considered”

yes, I’ve considered it and discarded it because the evidence absolutely does not support it

I think Aella Girl produces more value than Paris Hilton.

But, to be fair, I don’t know how often Paris poops.

This person is a moron.

So Aella agrees that human labour creates value?

I recently found out about Aella. She’s ridiculous. Plenty of dudes worship her, which makes it even more strange. I mean… she’s not ugly but she’s certainly not 200/hr* hot and I don’t think “talk nerdy to me” justifies the upcharge.

*her self-reported rate

At least she admits she’s full of it.

Rationalists: Our society is basically broken! We are basically communist now! People are so stupid that would not even implement Big Yud’s AGI-led market liberalization or Hanson’s air privatization proposals! Don’t they understand that without those we will never have a real free market and proper incentives that actually reward value creation?

Also rationalists: Rent seeking? What is rent seeking? Value capture? No silly, our socieety is totally meritocratic and rich people are just better!

Objection–straw man. No one’s demanding that they get to be ultra rich

I poop like twice a week

please see a doctor that can’t be good for you what the fuck

Ok, so let’s call it “ultra-productive” instead of ultra-rich. It takes many things to become an ultra-productive member of society, things like good education, health, security, access to a skilled workforce, infrastructure, trade deals, a monetary system, courts that settle disputes, and so on and so forth.

If those who have already reached that tier share their resources with society, then society can keep producing those conditions as well as give more people the chance to become ultra-productive themselves.

That’s what we all want, isn’t it?

This is the kind of self-loathing you end up with when you idolize rich people. Fuck “creating value”. Such a smooth-brained buzz phrase. All these “better-than-you” hustle nutsacks are just constantly shilling for their idols who will never resemble them.

😂😂😂😂😂

Man, Jeff Epstein was sure a good and nice fellow.

^(My own personal hell would be being forced to spend a day with “rationalists.”)

Scientists have proven success is actually down to uck more then anything else.

Aella does about as much work as an average billionaire but also isn’t actively hurting anyone.

And you can only become a billionaire by hurting people.

She can’t poop every day or the OnlyFans patrons will get bored of those videos

Wow this is awful. The problem is there is (unfortunately) a sliver of truth in that mess. “Success”, regardless of how you define it, does require effort

I mean, there’s a grain of truth in there.

Of course there’s a bunch of rich people who don’t “earn” their wealth.

But looking at talented and hardworking people they are of course more likely to be in the group who become more wealthy.

Edit: (for transparency: White Protestant here)

It’s actually true. How can you assign race to hard working and create value? I won’t go with brilliant, I ain’t so smart and I do pretty well. I’d go with smart enough to know their weaknesses and how to work through those (practice or surround yourself with people who are) so maybe not brilliant. Based on my taxes alone I produce some value. Based on my profession I produce some value. Not saying I am something g special but very few people back into this, it only took hard work. Are you racist? The definition it’s basing something solely on someone’s race, so you kinda fit the description. Unless you’re just a hypocrite. Either way, I beg or differ on your point.

Good ol fashion non-white aetheist victimization. No still sounds shitty

I like her and consider her pretty smart. And taking into consideration her extremely fucked upbringing, I tend to cut her a little slack.

Have you considered that sociopaths don’t care if they exploit everyone and everything around themselves and ruin the environment to profit obscenely… Yeah they really ‘deserve’ it.