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[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 148 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Beware the myth of the self-made man.

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 76 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yep! Few things are as dangerous as following someone who doesn't understand that they got lucky.

[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

But the entire society is conditioned to do it.

We are shown celebrities before we learn to speak. All around us are those recognizable idiots who rarely have benefited humanity in any meaningful way but have very, very marketable faces. All to make us poor pay for their luxuries.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago

"If you wish to make ~~an apple pie~~ a man from scratch, you must first invent the universe. ~Carl Sagan