Tommy Dobczyk notes that we've forgotten how to build actual pyramids while perfecting pyramid schemes. We've also lost the financial tricks that built wealth, replaced by pressure to constantly consume new cars, shoes, and houses.
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Many people hear the word pyramid, they immediately think scheme. And that comes from the fact that somebody utilized skills and systems to outmaster the, the system, right? And so everybody hears pyramid, but guess what? We still don't know how to build the damn thing. So when I say pyramid, I think about the fact that our ability to do that level of development and design and technology is gone because we forgot it, right? So when I talk about it in the financial world, We have forgotten some financial tricks like building pyramids out of our cash. And we've done that because society says, oh, you gotta have a new car, new shoes, new pet, new house, new cat, new dog, like all these cool things.