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If I was born poor, and then someone gives me a bunch of money, by this argument I am self-made.


Yeah, that's what we call "a job". Make yourself useful to a rich enough person or group of people, they'll "give you a bunch of money" and call it a "salary".


If someone gave you $1M and a decade later you had $1.5M, no you're not self made.

If someone gave you $1M and a decade later you had $100M, yes, you are self made.




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