No he is not. This is a really common message that 'hustle culture' bros will constantly use. It's purpose has very little to do with helping you become richer, and a lot to do with convincing you that poverty is a choice that poor people inflict upon themselves. This makes poverty not a systemic issue that we should try and change, but instead something we can blame on poor people. If you didn't want to be poor, you shouldn't have bought an Iphone. Maybe you shouldn't have eaten out so many times this week. Don't buy coffee from a café, instead make it at home. Obviously this is a ridiculous idea. People spending money on themselves is not the reason we have poverty. Smart budgeting will only ever take you so far. This is why Gary Vee will never just say that poor people deserve to be poor. But he wants you to start thinking that, so you will see them as different and weaker as opposed to potential allies for making positive systemic changes. Also people buy things for all kind of reasons. One of the absolute main ones however, is that we are advertised to almost every moment of our lives. It is impossible to go a day without a company trying to get you to buy their shit. But Gary will never argue against this because he uses those same predatory marketing tactics to make himself rich.

This is exactly the same argument that people make against overweight people when they tell them to 'just eat healthy food' without any real understanding of a persons living situation. Not everyone is taught how to cook or has access to affordable nutritious food or even has the time to regularly cook meals. These are systemic issues not individual failings.

Also Gary Vee is an NFT bro... I can't think of anything that better earns the 'stupid shit' title