This is absolutely true and extends to levels far below "multi-million dollar media empire".
Hell just fucking middle management at big companies requires a "willingness to go along". Saw it multiple times where friends just became completely different people once they passed a certain level on the totem pole.
Ritual abuse, probably. Above a certain level of income, it stops being about "hard work and luck" and becomes "willingness to go along."
This is absolutely true and extends to levels far below "multi-million dollar media empire".
Hell just fucking middle management at big companies requires a "willingness to go along". Saw it multiple times where friends just became completely different people once they passed a certain level on the totem pole.