The "Passive Income" trap ate a generation of entrepreneurs

Article

• Passive income grift (dropshipping, digital products, courses) consumed a generation’s energy
• These schemes sold freedom but delivered dependency on the next scheme
• Real wealth-building requires skill, relationships, and sustained effort

Discussion

• Several commenters: Tim Ferriss’s 4HWW started this decades ago, article ignores that
• Pushback: pursuing autonomy/freedom isn’t inherently a trap — the scammers are the problem
• “It was an ouroboros that had incorporated in Delaware” called the best line
• Counterpoint: rent-seeking and get-rich schemes predate the internet by centuries

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