• ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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    I think I figured it out. These guys are thinking of themselves when they were younger. They mooched off mommy and daddy’s money after college until they were forced to get a job. They assume everyone’s life is like that.

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      This is also the secret to how guys like Bezos start a company from a garage; they mooched off their parents, so didn’t have to worry about how long it took to make any money.

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        Bezos took it a step further than most. Small loans of several hundred thousand dollars from his parents paired with actual fraud perpetrated against the major publishers.

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          I vaguely recall the fraud, but I forget the specifics. Please drop a link for more info if you have one! (Otherwise, yes, I am capable of searching the web myself.)

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        In Flood’s case, he had a show on his college’s radio so his parents bought him a station. He got more stations. Then he became a politician. He has never worked a day in his life.

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          Gotcha. Sounds relatively easy to verify, but eh, personally I’m inclined to believe you. And fits his entitled attitude for sure!

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        If you haven’t started a business in your garage, you just need to remarket yourself to yourself. I once sold some old clothes on ebay and one of the items went to Canada I am an international designer jeans exporter.