> they are calling the article out for pretending he’s some kind of special snowflake, when in reality he had been dealt an ideal hand in life.

How are those things mutually exclusive? Gates can be both a special snowflake, which he blatantly is, and have been dealt a great hand. That's the exact sort of combination you might expect to begin with if one were going to have a shot at yielding ~$140 billion in lifetime wealth generation.

Warren Buffett is also a special snowflake that was born into a similarly beneficial scenario.

I don't think I've ever read about a dullard, born into beneficial circumstances, getting to such extraordinary outcomes from something they built.