• Lemmygizer@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    The analogy I always liked was:

    Success is like a carnival dart game.

    If you’re poor you probably don’t even get a chance to play. Maybe once with some help from friends and family. But even then, the odds are still not good.

    If you’re middle class you can afford a throw or two, significantly increasing the odds of success.

    If you’re rich you can afford to throw as many darts as you want until you succeed.

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      9 months ago

      If you’re attractive and flirt with the carny, they’ll probably give you a prize without playing, or at least upgrade you to a better prize for barely hitting the wall. Then you can brag to other people how easy it is to win and they just need to try harder.