On the other hand, your own view might be skewed if you are only looking at USA. USA offers the most opportunity(including numerous lottery type multipliers fo

On the other hand, your own view might be skewed if you are only looking at USA. USA offers the most opportunity(including numerous lottery type multipliers for outliers) to get rich without breaking common ethic norms . I am currently in a European country with an average Gini coefficient. Still, almost everyone (read over 90%) of rich have indulged in suspicious behavior while creating their fortunes. Since this is only using public information, one can only hazard to guess what lurks around in shadows. Sadly, when I look at a rich suburb here, most of it belongs to people who have benefited from corruption, embezzlement, stealing, lying, cheating, contraband(least of evils here) et al.