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This is a lazy strawman.

• DangitBobby 1y ago
  It's an accurate summary.
  • vmg12 1y ago
    It's accurate? So all the current billionaires are descendants of other billionaires?
    • DangitBobby 1y ago
      It seems you're implying that since being a billionaire is not 100% heritable, it must be a result of individual merit (leap 1) which is purely synonymous with skillfully allocating resources (leap 2) more than any other type of person (leap 3) rather than any other explanation for how they got there, say, sociopathy, right place right time, etc.
      • vmg12 1y ago
        > It seems you're implying that since being a billionaire is not 100% heritable, it must be a result of individual merit Nope, another strawman, I never claimed it was 100% merit. You claimed that wealth is purely heritable which is easily proven false by observing reality. > sociopathy So your claim is that sociopathy is more important for getting rich than skill? > right place right time Choosing the right business to build given the state of the world is a skill. Business requires luck the same way poker requires luck, and let me tell you, if you play poker vs a skilled player you will lose a lot of money.