This is all true… but this isn’t what we are really talking about here. What we are really talking about here is the specific propaganda used to explain away a certain type of billionaire - ie, the (supposedly) “self-made” ones like Musk, Gates and Bezos. Somebody like Putin, for instance, has an entirely different propaganda surrounding him - ie, he’s not the darling of neoliberal “entrepreneurism” narratives like Musk, Gates or Bezos is.
Billionaire isn’t a good term, it’s an insult and tells of a flawed society
Self-made means they are the criminal
Inherited means their relatives were criminals
This is all true… but this isn’t what we are really talking about here. What we are really talking about here is the specific propaganda used to explain away a certain type of billionaire - ie, the (supposedly) “self-made” ones like Musk, Gates and Bezos. Somebody like Putin, for instance, has an entirely different propaganda surrounding him - ie, he’s not the darling of neoliberal “entrepreneurism” narratives like Musk, Gates or Bezos is.