"PG is wise, has earned his stripes" Or: he got rich in a historical paradigm shift, in a societal system built around preserving personal wealth. Lots of peo

"PG is wise, has earned his stripes" Or: he got rich in a historical paradigm shift, in a societal system built around preserving personal wealth. Lots of people got rich in the dot com boom, and their opinions are even today uninteresting and trite. I suggest you stop arguing to authority and take his essays on their own merit, which is a different approach than the rose-colored glasses you're using.