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In a capitalist society, "people with deep pockets" is an approximation of "capable people".

• pyre 15y ago
  So capitalist societies don't have inheritance?
  • learc83 15y ago
    In the U.S %69 of billionaires earned their wealth. The percentage of millionaires who earned their wealth is even higher. It's a commonly held misconception that most of the wealthy inherit their money. Yes there are plenty of people who are capable, but not wealthy and vice versa. However, the OP didn't say "wealthy people == capable people". He said wealthy people are "...an approximation of "capable people" Btw I'm not going to bother to include sources on my claim. If you want to validate it, the sources are easy to find. I'm not going to bother proviin
  • endtime 15y ago
    First of all, I said "approximation". Second of all, genes and values are inherited as well.
    • pyre 15y ago
      Is that really the case though? There have been plenty of cases where the subsequent generations have let the wealth crumble (or at least pieces of it, like historic mansions, etc).
      • endtime 15y ago
        The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'.