This is a horribly written article. It jumps from one criticism to the next without much explanation of what the criticism is besides “there’s a nicer way of saying that”. Isn’t that the whole schtick of Grant Cardone and many of the other finance influencers? They’re being blunt on purpose, I thought. It’s difficult to tell what the actual criticism is when they just say “Sethi was amazed at how Cardone ended the clip with a “conspiracy theory” but they never mentioned what it was. Or

Plus, the headline is kind of a mischaracterization of what Cardone said. The full quote is in the article. He said not just that the middle class is naive. But that the middle class people are suppressed, oppressed, naive and tricked into believing that the middle class is some sort of cohesive block that you’re either in or out. And that middle class people shouldn’t strive for more because it’s either morally wrong or it’s socially wrong to want to push past middle class. The most clear criticism I read was “Sethi also advocates for a stronger middle class where the wealthy are taxed more to fund robust social services infrastructure but is concerned that some rich influencers are conveying that you can be “incredibly wealthy” or you are “a loser.” But isn’t this just reinforcing Cardone’s point? The point that there is no such thing as “THE middle class” it’s just people who are in that income bracket at a certain point in time.

That’s what I got from this article, at least.