Essay We have caviar at home

[Kyoree]

Picture a rich kid with cravings for very rare caviar. His mom responds: "We have caviar at home." The caviar at home is slightly less rare.

This scenario sounds ludicrous, right?

We react like this because we're aware that rich people play by different rules. They're not constrained to common strategies for going through everyday life simply due to circumstance.
Built Made different

For example, waiting to eat something at home is the mindset of someone who grew up having to maximize limited resources. They forcefully learn delayed gratification and use it for survival, not for growth. The privileged person may also maximize resources and show delayed gratification, but in a completely different way. Their resources are something to use as an investment to make them multiply, instead of something to carefully guard lest they run dry.

Contrary to grindset wanna-be-billionaire bros, rich people let themselves give in to these expensive treats. There is no need for asceticism when they can justify these apparent excesses as positive for their mental health, confidence, and satisfaction. These are basically the equivalent of baths and spas for middle-class white women, but much more often and with less stress associated with spending resources on them.

Then you have the ability to leverage risks that a regular person will never come close to. You're probably familiar with the fabled trajectory of the perseverant person who never gave up and made it. It sounds nice until you realize those people had their small loans of a million dollars to work with. Others had families that owned emerald mines and were able to fund their ventures.

Just become a billionaire, bruh

A delusional tech bro might say you need to change your outlook to match theirs, but that's just a reversal. The privileged person's material condition created the life outlook that allows them to continue multiplying their resources, not the other way around.

Let's assume for a second that billionaires displayed genuine competence in some way. Yes, somehow having your file for bankruptcy six times was simply an exercise in determination. Using money to do a hostile takeover of companies was just a smart use of resources. Even so, regular people would never be able to take the risks to do these things. How do you expect to do B, C, and so on if you never had access to A?

There are some lucky few who are born into A. It's a contingency just like most things in life.

So why worry about it?

 

[porco-dddio]

i do philosophy of life and im poorer than these richguys. But I dont read their books, maybe theyre smart who knows

 

[Kyoree]

i do philosophy of life and im poorer than these richguys. But I dont read their books, maybe theyre smart who knows

They're not.
There's a reason people often call them reptilians. One of the prerequisites for absurd wealth accumulation is the inability to control the accumulation drive. They're primal creatures born into ideal circumstances whom people erroneously attribute competence to. It's all contingency.

 

[Depresso]

Contrary to grindset wanna-be-billionaire bros, rich people let themselves give in to these expensive treats. There is no need for asceticism when they can justify these apparent excesses as positive for their mental health, confidence, and satisfaction. These are basically the equivalent of baths and spas for middle-class white women, but much more often and with less stress associated with spending resources on them.

Driving a sportscar is mental illness. Nobody really cares about that other than car enthusiasts.

They're not.
There's a reason people often call them reptilians. One of the prerequisites for absurd wealth accumulation is the inability to control the accumulation drive. They're primal creatures born into ideal circumstances whom people erroneously attribute competence to. It's all contingency.

Aristocrats think they're better than you. Aristocracy (from Ancient Greek ἀριστοκρατίᾱ (aristokratíā) 'rule of the best'.

Serious - Do we even need the Elites?

First: What do you think the elites are? Do you see them on TV or are they invisible and secret? Who do you think they are? Second: Do you think we need the Elites? Will we always need them? Is it part of being human to need elites?

elysianfields.se

 

[Kyoree]

Driving a sportscar is mental illness. Nobody really cares about that other than car enthusiasts.


Aristocrats think they're better than you. Aristocracy (from Ancient Greek ἀριστοκρατίᾱ (aristokratíā) 'rule of the best'.

Serious - Do we even need the Elites?

First: What do you think the elites are? Do you see them on TV or are they invisible and secret? Who do you think they are? Second: Do you think we need the Elites? Will we always need them? Is it part of being human to need elites?

elysianfields.se

Aristocracy as a philosophical concept is often misunderstood. I don't think there was ever anybody who understood it as just having money, though. Those are just people possessed by Mammon who are allowed to get to elite status because the modern age is so degenerate.

If anything, the aristocrats of today are neets and other "losers". Compare that to the aristocracy of Ancient Greece or royalties of Europe and you'll see how similar these archetypes of people are.

 

[Suigin Trismegistus]

I sense some resentment.

It's not hard to accumulate wealth in America. If you have a credit score over 780, you can create an LLC and then get access to around 250k or more of business credit cards from a handful of banks that are zero interest for the first 12-18 months. You can then use that as seed capital to open a margin account and using specific low-risk trading strategies roll that up into 500k or more in the first year. Pay off the loans and repeat. Requires a bit of risk, initiative and self-control (otherwise you'll just gamble it all away and end up broke and in debt). But totally doable.

I never went this route, but had I known about it in my youth I might have. Many of the wealthy people I have crossed paths with had humble beginnings and are self made, without gem mines or family trusts to get them going. It is not hard to get a few million net worth if you have sufficient intellect and aptitude here. Can't say the same for the rest of the West though, seems like there's a lot more bureaucracy, taxation and less access to credit in most of Europe for example.

Those born into wealth really like to make things more difficult for the peasants, and so they end up in politics or NGOs where they can pull up the ladders.

 

[Shinrinken]

Picture a rich kid with cravings for very rare caviar. His mom responds: "We have caviar at home." The caviar at home is slightly less rare.

This scenario sounds ludicrous, right?

We react like this because we're aware that rich people play by different rules. They're not constrained to common strategies for going through everyday life simply due to circumstance.
Built Made different

For example, waiting to eat something at home is the mindset of someone who grew up having to maximize limited resources. They forcefully learn delayed gratification and use it for survival, not for growth. The privileged person may also maximize resources and show delayed gratification, but in a completely different way. Their resources are something to use as an investment to make them multiply, instead of something to carefully guard lest they run dry.

Contrary to grindset wanna-be-billionaire bros, rich people let themselves give in to these expensive treats. There is no need for asceticism when they can justify these apparent excesses as positive for their mental health, confidence, and satisfaction. These are basically the equivalent of baths and spas for middle-class white women, but much more often and with less stress associated with spending resources on them.

Then you have the ability to leverage risks that a regular person will never come close to. You're probably familiar with the fabled trajectory of the perseverant person who never gave up and made it. It sounds nice until you realize those people had their small loans of a million dollars to work with. Others had families that owned emerald mines and were able to fund their ventures.

Just become a billionaire, bruh

A delusional tech bro might say you need to change your outlook to match theirs, but that's just a reversal. The privileged person's material condition created the life outlook that allows them to continue multiplying their resources, not the other way around.

Let's assume for a second that billionaires displayed genuine competence in some way. Yes, somehow having your file for bankruptcy six times was simply an exercise in determination. Using money to do a hostile takeover of companies was just a smart use of resources. Even so, regular people would never be able to take the risks to do these things. How do you expect to do B, C, and so on if you never had access to A?

There are some lucky few who are born into A. It's a contingency just like most things in life.

So why worry about it?

People who make become rich aren't always on the "grind." Often, it's the classic "right place, right time." However, those with a million dollar loan have the funds to look for that "right place to be in." Plus they have the connections to know where to be and who to talk to. Hell, the fancy Ivy League school aren't for what they teach you. It's all about the connection you have by being there. This is why most woke fucks get in even though they have little to no skills which is shown when their show and movies come out and flop hard.

TL;DR Think of getting rich like going to the casino. Rich people have more to funds to drop and can stay longer to get that jackpot. (As well as able to get knowledge on what machine and table is hot.)

 

[porco-dddio]

They're not.
There's a reason people often call them reptilians. One of the prerequisites for absurd wealth accumulation is the inability to control the accumulation drive. They're primal creatures born into ideal circumstances whom people erroneously attribute competence to. It's all contingency.

My theory is rich people can be produced in mass.

I developed it when I was thinking why smart people arent rich. Its a known meme. I think is because wealth is a system function. Rich people are produced with mass approaches, so being smart or not isnt really the point.

So the question "why smart people arent rich if theyre so smart" is a wrong question.

The individual intelligence is required in my model, but it isnt necessary and shouldnt be too high.

 

[Shinrinken]

My theory is rich people can be produced in mass.

I developed it when I was thinking why smart people arent rich. Its a known meme. I think is because wealth is a system function. Rich people are produced with mass approaches, so being smart or not isnt really the point.

So the question "why smart people arent rich if theyre so smart" is a wrong question.

The individual intelligence is required in my model, but it isnt necessary and shouldnt be too high.

Most self-made rich people are people willing to take a risk. As a result they're more likely to be in the "right place at the right time." As well as focus on things that will help with their chances. You can be the best at something but if no one knows you are and you can't prove that. You can't really capitalized off it. Where the person who is good but not the best says he is the best and can convince enough people. He will be able to charge for his status that people think he is. Even if it's not fully true.

 

[Wolfstorm]

To wealth is to gamble, and to gamble is to wealth.
I should've taken more risk back in 2018. Crypto is now dead and I regret not having invested more.

 

[porco-dddio]

Most self-made rich people are people willing to take a risk. As a result they're more likely to be in the "right place at the right time." As well as focus on things that will help with their chances. You can be the best at something but if no one knows you are and you can't prove that. You can't really capitalized off it. Where the person who is good but not the best says he is the best and can convince enough people. He will be able to charge for his status that people think he is. Even if it's not fully true.

no they follow stable formulas and pathways to success built by institutions and never step outside their gated communities.

if they took risks, you would know one or 2 billionaires, but they are so cowardly and afraid of novelty they dont ever go outside their walled gardens, so as a result none of us meets them around, and they dont talk to us. unless they have to moralize us with false platitudes.

they are normies, simple as.

 

[Wolfstorm]

If anything, the aristocrats of today are neets and other "losers". Compare that to the aristocracy of Ancient Greece or royalties of Europe and you'll see how similar these archetypes of people are.

This is very true, because there are no visas for neets. If you can support yourself without working, you should be able to move freely between countries, but such is not the case. Why? Because the local "aristocrats" see you as competition. So they only grant visas for wagies.

 

[newsincerity]

To wealth is to gamble, and to gamble is to wealth.
I should've taken more risk back in 2018. Crypto is now dead and I regret not having invested more.

we mourn the opportunities missed but don't celebrate the pitfalls avoided

This is very true, because there are no visas for neets. If you can support yourself without working, you should be able to move freely between countries, but such is not the case. Why? Because the local "aristocrats" see you as competition. So they only grant visas for wagies.

Let's go to Japan and eat ramen together
we're gathering a crew @cosmicx16 @ZZEBRA813

 

[Suigin Trismegistus]

I should've taken more risk back in 2018. Crypto is now dead and I regret not having invested more.

Gold/silver have likely bottomed last week and mining stocks are dirt cheap relative to their earnings. Another opportunity is oil producers and oil services, with buying opportunity later this summer or fall which should mark the bottom of the demand slump. A lot of people are going to become millionaires over the next 2-3 years from the commodity boom.

This is very true, because there are no visas for neets. If you can support yourself without working, you should be able to move freely between countries, but such is not the case. Why? Because the local "aristocrats" see you as competition. So they only grant visas for wagies.

What about Digital Nomad visas?

 

[Suigin Trismegistus]

no they follow stable formulas and pathways to success built by institutions and never step outside their gated communities.

if they took risks, you would know one or 2 billionaires, but they are so cowardly and afraid of novelty they dont ever go outside their walled gardens, so as a result none of us meets them around, and they dont talk to us. unless they have to moralize us with false platitudes.

they are normies, simple as.

You're poor because you're a porn addict.