• themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Don’t forget he accepted charity in the form of free housing and donations that were likely only available to him through existing connections.

    Also this:

    Despite failing to make the million dollars he had aimed for, Black says it was still a successful experiment after demonstrating how it was possible to rebuild his life through the power of determination.

    So this dipshit learned nothing. He failed, and would probably have died in the gutter, but instead he pulled the ripcord and bailed on poverty in a way that isn’t available to 99% of humans on earth.

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      5 months ago

      He had knowledge and connections to the upper echelons and he couldn’t make it, and when health concerns arose he went back to his money because it sucks to be working poor and in need of medical assistance.

      • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de
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        5 months ago

        He also didn’t have the stress that would come from actual failure with no money.

        Bankruptcy, homelessness and real poverty fuck up your ability to succeed in a vastly underrated way.