TLDR: via aristocracy (a good version of it), more or less. IOW, the hard work of generations prior, with "compounded interest" of the hard work of each generat

TLDR: via aristocracy (a good version of it), more or less. IOW, the hard work of generations prior, with "compounded interest" of the hard work of each generation since. This is definitely worth reading. This short and simple article has lots of lessons.