Self-made billionairs

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Self-made billionairs

00:32

What does Kylie Jenner prove?

1. If you sell cosmetics you might be rich
2. Being rich is a choice
3. With a bit of luck, you could be famous
4. Money means success

00:51

What is the myth of success?

1. All it takes is some help from friends
2. All it takes is intelligence and focus
3. All it takes timing and guts
4. All it takes is hard work and courage

01:25

Gates, Bezos and Musk

1. are exceptional entrepeneurs
2. all came from wealthy backgrounds
3. learned to fend form themselves early on
4. all come from loving families

02:01

The irony is that these business men

1. were supported by the IRS
2. knew how to deal with money laundering
3. gave little but took a lot
4. had friends in the highest echelons

02:41

the self-made myth helps to

1. earn more money quicker
2. aggrandize themselves
3. hide their wealthy backgrounds
4. hide how they exploit many people

03:09

Yet, according to these super rich

1. everyone benefits from their success
2. they should tell government what to spend on
3. they should be exempted from taxes
4. poverty is a choice

03:35

What did Trump's taxcuts prove?

1. The wealthy pay less taxes than the middle classes
2. Wealth does not really trickle down
3. The pandemis hit the middle class hardest
4. Covid was very profitable for the rich

04:02

The myth turns

1. focus from giver to taker
2. victims into perpetrators
3. beneficiaries into philanthropists
4. gratefuls into disappointed