If there is such a thing as an open secret, I’m going to let you in on one:
Capitalism favors owners (owners of capital).
Since most of us start with no inheritance, we enter the system with only our labor. 1/4
do everything that you can to increase the surface area of luck
a job, a startup, a relationship
whatever it is - do everything, shoot the wildest of shots, be shameless and do things with intent
That chess scene in The Wire (2002–2008) where D’Angelo lays out the whole system, kings, queens, pawns, and Bodie still thinking he can move up… that moment quietly tells you exactly how it all ends.