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		api on April 16, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wealth isn’t created at the top, it is merely devo... Capitalism should have as many words for wealth as the Inuit purportedly have for snow.

ryanx435 on April 16, 2017 [–]

We do. We also have as many words for snow as the inuit did.

Just of the top of my head for frozen water that falls from the sky: snow, sleet, powder, crusty, ice, slush, hail, wet, thick, dusting, etc...

And for wealth : cash, money, asset, value, income, revenue, etc

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