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Most of the rich became that way by engaging in unethical/immoral acts. Misrepresentation, fraud, financial elder abuse, serial bankruptcies, creating environme
by davidshalev 9y ago
Most of the rich became that way by engaging in unethical/immoral acts. Misrepresentation, fraud, financial elder abuse, serial bankruptcies, creating environmental disasters in third world countries without a blink of an eye. They just happen to not get caught or to not engage in activity that is outright illegal. Yes, there are innovators and inventors. They deserve our admiration. But most of the Wall Street and Real Estate billionaires are just people who are less reluctant to engage in certain behavior that is deemed by most as immoral.
You can become very rich by selling financial alchemy to old ladies with dementia. Society will deem you as "successful" and a "role model" if it's not exposed.
- tomcam 9y ago> Most of the rich became that way by engaging in unethical/immoral acts. Citation?
- davidshalev 9y agoAdmittedly, I don't have data to provide you. I can only tell you my observations based on a rather large social circle I'm exposed to and just the sheer frequency that the wealthy engage in white collar crime. Do you honestly believe that corporate raiders such as Nelson Peltz, Carl Icahn, Henry Kravis provided billions in value added, you are naive at best. Do you also believe the Russian oligarchs made their money in a moral way? Insider trading, market manipulation, Bribery (aka lobbying), fraud, etc..... That's how most people become billionaires.