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[–] totalitarianism 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I think it depends. My family is technically wealthy, but not "one percent" wealthy. I'm just hypothesizing, but I feel like that makes a difference somehow. The thing is, my mother grew up POOR-- as in, nine kids in a Catholic family in Detroit poor-- and my father is a Marine. They didn't become wealthy until after they'd experienced many trials and hardships in their life, and they passed down the work ethic and values onto my sibling and I. I didn't start working until I was probably 17 (my sibling started at 13 I think), but the thing is, my first "job" was as an artist, which I got paid enough to sustain myself, and is still my profession to this day. It is NOT easy to make it as an artist. Most artists never make enough off their work to survive without another job. But I feel like I can really say it isn't some natural "talent" I have that allows me to live like this, it's the sheer hard work and sacrifice I was taught that makes this successful for me.