• areyouevenreal@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    I could be wrong but isn’t that more than most people make in 12 months?

    So it might not be possible to make millions, but for someone who has the loose ethics of millionaires it’s still possible to make significant money starting from scratch. The issue being the unethical/exploitative behavior needed to get there.

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      7 months ago

      He didn’t really start from scratch, though. He used connections and training he had from before he embarked on this “experiment”.

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            7 months ago

            Not really something to be held up as an example of success. Not everyone can do that, or it wouldn’t work. Plus there are people who could use that free stuff that he’s essentially stealing from. Just goes to show that this guy has no ethics.

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              Honestly, I would argue at least a portion of those items would get thrown away if he hadn’t gotten them. When someone wants something gone, and when a different person wants to acquire that particular thing don’t always align. It’s tweaker arbitrage, but it’s not that big a deal IMHO.

              The real moral failing from my perspective is not recognizing how much help he got, and how ‘lucky’ he was.

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        7 months ago

        Anybody can get training at a community college or do networking. This isn’t exclusive to millionaires.