Vom Tellerwäscher zum Millionär: So lautet der bekannte Mythos, wonach jeder reich werden kann, wenn er nur hart genug arbeitet. Ob Bill Gates oder Jeff Bezos, mit einer guten Ideen, etwas Talent und ganz viel Fleiß kann man aus seiner Garage heraus ein millionenschweres Unternehmen aufbauen und zum reichsten Mann der Welt werden.
Daran wollte Twitter-User Jon Ehrlichman erinnern, als er zum Jahrestag der Gründung von Amazon ein Bild von Bezos‘ Garage postete. Doch rechnete Jon nicht mit folgender Antwort.
Denn Aidan Smith nahm Jons Tweet zum Anlass, in einem Thread mit dem Tellerwäscher-Mythos aufzuräumenn. Demnach erhielt Bezos ein Jahr nach Gründung knapp eine Viertelmillion Dollar von seinen Eltern, um Amazon vor dem Ruin zu retten.
Aidan führt aus, dass auch Gates Hilfe von seiner gut vernetzten Mutter bekam, die ihm einen Job bei IBM verschaffte.
You can find this in the backstory of almost every billionaire. The story of Bill Gates is told as if he was a normal guy who dropped out of college to pursue his dream when in reality his mom Mary Gates, the president of United Way, convinced IBM to hire Microsoft to build an OS pic.twitter.com/OOX1ELjMLb
— Aidan Smith ⧖ (@AidanSmith2020) July 6, 2020
You can find this in the backstory of almost every billionaire. The story of Bill Gates is told as if he was a normal guy who dropped out of college to pursue his dream when in reality his mom Mary Gates, the president of United Way, convinced IBM to hire Microsoft to build an OS pic.twitter.com/OOX1ELjMLb
— Aidan Smith ⧖ (@AidanSmith2020) July 6, 2020
Gates is a talented individual but his career break wouldn’t have happened if he wasn’t the child of wealthy, well-connected parents who were able to convince IBM to hire the-then obscure Microsoft to build an OS. He likely wouldn’t be a billionaire if he was born working-class.
— Aidan Smith ⧖ (@AidanSmith2020) July 6, 2020
Aidan streitet nicht ab, dass Leute wie Gates, Buffet oder Zuckerberg Talent haben. Aber es eben auch eine Frage der Herkunft, wie dieses Talent gefördert werden kann, wie bei Zuckerberg, dessen Eltern sich die besten Schulen für ihn leisten konnten.
Even if you’re not born to mega-celebrities it really can’t be stressed enough how much a leg up children of the wealthy get even indirectly. Mark Zuckeberg’s wealthy parents sent him to Phillips Exeter Academy (tuition: almost $57,000 for boarding)…
— Aidan Smith ⧖ (@AidanSmith2020) July 6, 2020
…and got software developer David Newman to give him private tutoring in computer science before he even entered college. Zuckerberg, is, like others mentioned, an intelligent individual in his own right, but if he was born into a working-class family he simply…
— Aidan Smith ⧖ (@AidanSmith2020) July 6, 2020
…wouldn’t have had the same opportunities as he did. Remember: People took such an interest in Zuckerberg to begin with because he already entered college with the reputation as…
— Aidan Smith ⧖ (@AidanSmith2020) July 6, 2020
a computing prodigy, which, again, couldn’t have happened if his parents didn’t hire a software developer to tutor him. The benefits of having wealthy parents, even if they don’t give you a 1/4 million as Bezos’s did, can’t be underestimated. There is no fair playing field.
— Aidan Smith ⧖ (@AidanSmith2020) July 6, 2020
Ihm geht es natürlich darum, auf die soziale Ungleichheit in den USA und anderswo aufmerksam zu machen, wonach die Herkunft nach wie vor über Karrierechancen entscheidet.
Do I even need to mention the Walton’s? Do I even need to mention the Koch’s? It really can’t be stressed enough how privileged the background of most uber-rich people, all of whom claim their legitimacy from supposedly “starting from nothing”, truly are.
— Aidan Smith ⧖ (@AidanSmith2020) July 6, 2020
People laugh when Kylie Jenner is described as a “self-made billionaire” as if she doesn’t come from one of the wealthiest/best-known families on Earth, but really, it’s no more absurd then describing Gates’/Bezos’ wealth as being a “self-made” product of meritocracy.
— Aidan Smith ⧖ (@AidanSmith2020) July 6, 2020
Aidans Thread wurde über 150.000 mal retweetet. Manche konnten Aidans Kritik nicht nachvollziehen, unterstellten ihm Neid und meinten, dass es auch eine Leistung sei, mit „nur“ 250.000 Dollar zum reichsten Mann der Welt zu werden.
business is business, he took his parents money and flipped it to a trillion dollar business, nevermind how he got there, i will never understand people being pressed about someone succeeding
— lando (@Landoooo15) July 6, 2020
People gotta realize at the same time, you know what it takes to even make a company like AMAZON from $250k???? It takes a lot more than just money. Of course money helps but you gotta have the brains and determination for it too
— feia 🇵🇹 (@luxenicole) July 7, 2020
Andere teilten Aidans Kritik.
people always act like jeff bezos did something ground breaking,, he didnt he just thought "i should make a place where people can order things online!". other people probs had the same idea, he just had the means to do it and luck that it took off
— minecraft communist (@lizardwhorus) July 7, 2020
He grabbed himself by his parents 250.000 bootstraps
— Adrian Cioban (@ACplusD) July 6, 2020
Exactly. It’s all propaganda.
To be wealthy, you either have to stumble on good luck, be a criminal, or be born into relative wealth
— Osaji (@ocgeorge_) July 7, 2020
My God, the comments in this thread from so many people ignorant of the point you’re trying to make. Another thing I would add is that having wealthy or even comfortably upper middle class parents means you FEEL like you can take risks on that big idea you have. Poor kids can’t
— Ragamuffin Gunner (@born2bear) July 7, 2020
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