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by WalterBright 1776 days ago
> Anyone with the means could have

Except they didn't. Bezos did.

> Olympic athletes credit their trainers and family all the time.

Society does not. It's always "Bob won Olympic gold!" Nobody else is mentioned.

> And, again, they do the actual work.

Um, sacrificing and earning money so your child can pursue Olympic dreams is actual work. The full time coach for them does actual work. (There's a reason families will hire the best coaches available for $$$.) The sports doctors who optimize their health and manage their inevitable injuries do actual work. Their nutritionists do actual work.

There's no such thing as an Olympic athlete who did all the work, not even close.