The set of people who worked their asses off and the set of people who were considered wealthy when they reached the median retirement age (or at the time of their death) don't necessary have a high degree of overlap.
Ancestor post stated that the intersection was not equal to the empty set. Its reply post implied that the intersection was not equal to the union, and perhaps that the intersection was not even a significant fraction of the wealthy set. They were speaking past each other.
Wealthy people like to overemphasize the contribution of hard work to their own wealthiness, which has a side effect of encouraging non-wealthy people to fall into exploitable patterns in their attempt to become wealthy. If you want to get rich, don't work hard. All that hard work is just going to distract you from what you should be doing--acquiring ownership of moneymaking machines that are either fully autonomous or have a very high multiplier for turning your own work into spendable money. You can buy them, or you can build them, but you'll have a hard time doing either unless you spend a lot of time around wealthy people, leeching off their knowledge of how the machines operate.
Ancestor post stated that the intersection was not equal to the empty set. Its reply post implied that the intersection was not equal to the union, and perhaps that the intersection was not even a significant fraction of the wealthy set. They were speaking past each other.
Wealthy people like to overemphasize the contribution of hard work to their own wealthiness, which has a side effect of encouraging non-wealthy people to fall into exploitable patterns in their attempt to become wealthy. If you want to get rich, don't work hard. All that hard work is just going to distract you from what you should be doing--acquiring ownership of moneymaking machines that are either fully autonomous or have a very high multiplier for turning your own work into spendable money. You can buy them, or you can build them, but you'll have a hard time doing either unless you spend a lot of time around wealthy people, leeching off their knowledge of how the machines operate.