Why we give respect to Rich and no-respect to poor?

[BootstrapCoinDev]

If someone made tremendous amounts of money on his/her own, like the owner of Virgin or something like that, people can respect them because they put in their time and learning into generating their own income. Those who want money and have business on their minds say that it is important to make friends with everyone and have an open mind. It's true but it's also ridiculous because it is not just your friends who make you rich - people need to do their own work too.
Those who want to make friends with the rich just because they are rich, deserve the least respect. But those who have found a way to be rich on their own could be respected.

[thejaytiesto]

I don't know a single case of a person getting rich out of hard consistent-over-time work. All of them inherited, exploited the poor (Nike etc) or had viral success. Mark Zuckerberg becoming a billonaire in 2 years is NOT an example of hardwork/gains.

[twiifm]

Success requires talent, hard work and luck.  You need all three components for the recipe to work

[Fabrizio89]

The worst thing to think about is that you have to earn a place on this earth, it's not enough to be alive, you have to do something to be worth of existing otherwise you are useless and just wasting air. I understand the importance of contributing to the human progress, but they way our system is built, practically forcing everyone to do something they don't like just to survive is ridiculous. I could understand it centuries ago, but now...

[Samix]

I was afk for a while have to read all those comments !! man

[pattu1]

I don't know a single case of a person getting rich out of hard consistent-over-time work. All of them inherited, exploited the poor (Nike etc) or had viral success. Mark Zuckerberg becoming a billonaire in 2 years is NOT an example of hardwork/gains.

Even if you inherit wealth, if you are not capable you can lose it very quickly. So in that sense, people who build on inherited wealth have to be admired too.