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I just about fit into the lower end of this group but I don’t really believe in meritocracy. My life would not have been possible without my middle class upbringing, going to a private school, getting support to go to university, and of course being lucky enough to be born with a good brain.

Of course I feel like I work hard but people who are much poorer work much harder.

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S1, by that rationale an inheritance is also merit. Where does merit stop then?

Most of these attributes reminded me of myself, but I think this applies to far more than 9.9% of people… or do I live in a bubble like the article says 🧐

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This thread is QED:

The people who buy into the 9.9% are much more insulated than they tend to imagine. They spend most of their time talking to other people on similar trajectories and are far more isolated than they think they are.

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That 9.9% will be richer than 99% of the world.

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It’s pretty simple
Too rich to be poor…to poor to be rich

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At one point his racial breakdown is more than 100% of the 9.9%? LOL ok buddy

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I totally agree. My wife and I make 200k HHI and our net worth for our age is in 98th percentile. Sometimes I have to remind myself to stay grounded. I. Am. Rich. Even tho it may not always feel that way everyone on here is

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I’m rich until 3 days after payday

I think only PPMDs and above would be considered the 9.9% if we only take into account their job as the main source of income.

PPMDs would fall into the top 1% ($500K+). The rest of us are somewhere in the 90s, at least according to this article.

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