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Anything that's working well today is likely not to be a year from now.

Really? Mr. Beast and others have been making money for years. Rogan has been at the top of the podcasting game for close to a decade.

Seriously, there have always been barriers to entry and always will be

The barriers to entry were huge in the 90s too, like Hollywood or the music industry. Nowadays at least there are more opportunities to get rich.

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Your examples are unicorns. A huge part of their success is legacy network effects built over time, and oh yeah, luck.

There are more opportunities, yes. But the accessibility of those opportunities hasn't increased all that much. It still takes capital, networking, marketing, hard work and some temporary statistical anomalies which work in your favor at a time when you're equipped to make the most of them.

Things are supposed to be hard, not easy. And there are plenty of people making a living wage that you don’t hear about. Ever hear of the riches are in the niches?

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