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Compare the observation that in superhero comics, wealthy villains can be self-made, while wealthy heroes invariably get that way through inheritance. The only
by thaumasiotes 11mo ago
Compare the observation that in superhero comics, wealthy villains can be self-made, while wealthy heroes invariably get that way through inheritance.
The only acceptable leader is someone who was born so rich that he leads as a hobby.
- delecti 11mo agoThat strategy is pretty hit or miss though. Sure we've got Kennedy or FDR, but we've also got Bush and Trump.
- thaumasiotes 11mo agoI'm not saying that's a useful thing to believe. I'm saying that's what people do believe.
- InitialLastName 11mo agoAlternately: Self-made wealth is so frequently derived from evil that those who are born rich and come good owe penance for the sins of their forebears.