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		JoeAltmaier on July 28, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Majority of the world's richest people are self-ma... Be reasonable. Offset the 'starting point' by cost of living. Its only reasonable to gamble with excess money, not grocery money. Rich people have many more opportunities to get richer, than any of the rest of us.

MR4D on July 28, 2020 [–]

Then why are there only 2 people on the planet with $100 billion in wealth?

Answer - because it's really freaking hard to multiply by 10,000 times.

JoeAltmaier on July 28, 2020 | [–]

Not so hard, that a person can do it.

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