We don’t give the people who don’t have the right connections and supreme wealth the map to where the opportunities are, and then when they forge a path there themselves, against immense odds, we charge them a fee for admission we know they can’t afford. And then we reward incredibly fortunate, connected, and bankrolled creators without acknowledging there was almost no way they would ever fail. Again, I don’t begrudge anyone who comes from a super-supportive family, or a super-wealthy family, or a super-wealthy AND supportive family, but it is so important to remember that having a support
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