Ah, yes. Personal responsibility! Which is just code for the feudal pre-destination concept of “deserving one’s station in life.”

Antifa’s absolutely right to point out that such ‘gimmick’ cases are exceptional. If everyone did it (or something analoguous), we’d just be back to square one and you’d have to figure out an even better way to stand out. It’s a zero-sum game.

Every now and again some rich guy says “well, all anyone has to do is stick it to the bastards and get rich, like I did, so I have no sympathy, etc. etc.”.

How presposterous this is can be readily understood by imagining a world comprised solely of wealthy people sticking it to each other, there being no other category of people left.

Any social theory that negates itself if applied universally is not one to be taken seriously.