Rags to riches stories why they tick me off.

[Alex K]

There's this horrible narrative in America that things like a social safety net and having the small time worker profit from the wealth companies are making, are unamerican and would only weaken the motivation of individuals to work hard. The truth is of course that only very few people can be multimillionaires, and the masses are necessarily poor and exploited in such a scheme.

Tell me, Faith No More, what magical work can your father-in-law possibly have done that would justify him being a multi-millionaire while most of his employees who did the actual work and/or the employees of the company that bought it probably never saw that kind of dough?

edit: I don't even want to argue that becoming rich by founding a company is immoral per se. My point is rather that your example is not a good argument in favor of rags to riches stories because it relies on an unnamed workforce which has necessarily not gained riches. They may very well have received a decent wage, but that's again not the point.

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My father-in-law grew up dirt poor having to fight amongst his eight siblings for food, and through blood, sweat and tears, he started his own company that he just sold for several million dollars.  Of course, he had to split it with his brother and the man took a huge chunk, but he is now a self-made millionaire.

I hope you enjoyed that, Brian.