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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 174 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I think I figured it out. These guys are thinking of themselves when they were younger. They mooched off mommy and daddy's money after college until they were forced to get a job. They assume everyone's life is like that.

[–] forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org 89 points 5 days ago (3 children)

This is also the secret to how guys like Bezos start a company from a garage; they mooched off their parents, so didn't have to worry about how long it took to make any money.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 61 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Bezos took it a step further than most. Small loans of several hundred thousand dollars from his parents paired with actual fraud perpetrated against the major publishers.

[–] forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 5 days ago

I vaguely recall the fraud, but I forget the specifics. Please drop a link for more info if you have one! (Otherwise, yes, I am capable of searching the web myself.)

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

In Flood's case, he had a show on his college's radio so his parents bought him a station. He got more stations. Then he became a politician. He has never worked a day in his life.

[–] forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 days ago

Gotcha. Sounds relatively easy to verify, but eh, personally I'm inclined to believe you. And fits his entitled attitude for sure!

[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If you haven't started a business in your garage, you just need to remarket yourself to yourself. ~~I once sold some old clothes on ebay and one of the items went to Canada~~ I am an international designer jeans exporter.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I’m the biggest buyer of my own books (to give away).

Weird I’m not a millionaire yet. Perhaps I’m not marketing to myself effectively enough.

[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Probably not, but I can’t afford to charge more.

[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago

Did you write The Art of the Deal?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 4 days ago

or they come from WEALTH, and they were mooching of from parents even to this day, and became wealthy themselves.