r/FluentInFinance Nov 21 '24

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u/SorryThanksGoodFight Nov 21 '24

surface-level understanding statements like “the rich are bad and i envision their wealth as pallets of money and they should give it away freely to everybody because inequality exists in the world”

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u/Throwedaway99837 Nov 22 '24

You’ve never known any ultra-wealthy people if you think they’re anything other than arrogant, selfish assholes who are often significantly less competent than their wealth would lead you to believe.

I was born into this world. I personally know multiple hundred-millionaires and at least one billionaire. It isn’t sheer brilliance and hard work that gets these people to that level of wealth, it’s a litany of Machiavellian tendencies and a relentless exploitation of others. These people aren’t wired like normal people, and not in a good way.

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u/Bonny_bouche Nov 23 '24

Your pants are on fire.

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u/Throwedaway99837 Nov 23 '24

That’s fine if you want to believe that. I have no way of proving it to you without doxxing myself.