Why does the media print rags to riches stories?

Kintarian@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 143 points –

Betty Sue makes $286,000 per month on Etsy. She started with nothing, and now she's filthy rich.

Come on, man. The chances of that happening to the average person are close to zero. Stories like this give people unrealistic expectations.

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They're doing it wrong I think

The guys who they need to be revoting against are the ones telling them who to hate...

Left has similar falacies.

Not sure. I mean, yeah, the racist fascist narcissistic dementic monster doesn't looks like the ideal candidate in a democracy, but if your intention is to fuck the system that fucked you, while giving you a feeling of superiority, it looks like a perfect match. For too long, the difference between the Democrats and Republicans was cosmetic at best, some are pragmatic but some just want to fuck the system.