• Sundray@lemmy.sdf.org
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    19 hours ago

    been rich that way through frugality alone

    No of course not: the rich get rich because they acquire lots of money (usually via inheritance, but whatevs). I didn’t claim frugality can make a person rich, just that some rich people are frugal, in contrast with the conspicuous consumers we most often hear about, nor am I advocating it as a financial strategy. Being rich makes a person an asshole, but it doesn’t necessarily make them the kind of person who’ll buy $3,000 shoes that don’t work.