Oh Great, Billionaire Mark Cuban Has *Finally* Solved Capitalism. AITA for Not Bowing Down to His Latest Galaxy-Brain Take?

Oh great, billionaire Mark Cuban has finally solved capitalism. AITA for not bowing down to his latest galaxy-brain take?

TL;DR: Mark Cuban thinks we should all just “work harder” and “be smarter” to afford a house. Groundbreaking. Nobel Prize committee, you know where to find him.

In a move that shocked absolutely no one, Shark Tank’s own humble billionaire, Mark Cuban, emerged from his diamond-encrusted panic room to drop some serious wisdom on the plebs. During a recent interview, Cuban allegedly suggested that the reason people can’t afford healthcare or a down payment isn’t because of wage stagnation, price gouging, or a system designed to keep the 1% on top. No, no. It’s because you’re not innovative enough.

“The American Dream isn’t about entitlement,” Cuban reportedly said, while probably polishing a gold-plated stapler. “It’s about finding a niche and working 80 hours a week to fill it. If you can’t afford insulin, have you considered starting a successful tech startup?”

Reddit, obviously, responded with the collective energy of a thousand eye-rolls. One user put it best: “So the solution to being crushed by a system is to… game the system harder? Thanks, Mark. I’ll just bootstrap my way out of my chronic illness.”

Cuban, of course, is a man who famously called himself a “democrat” and a “populist” while sitting on a net worth larger than some small countries. It’s giving “let them eat cake,” but the cake is a blockchain-based NFT and the only way to eat it is to win a bidding war against a venture capitalist.

So, AITA for thinking this is just another billionaire’s version of “thoughts and prayers”? Or is Mark Cuban actually the blueprint and we’re all just lazy? (Don’t worry, he’ll tweet about the backlash in 3…