@muiiio @jameschip this feels right to me, with a possible factor that they self-identify with the rich enough that they’re saying that because they don’t want to say “you’re probably slacking off at home” outright.

There’s a deep strain of hustle culture which desperately wants to believe everyone would be wealthy if they just worked a little more or spent less. I’ve even seen people say that to low-wage hourly workers who had no plausible way to get ahead without changing the system.