“This super-rich dude who seems to be good at making money doing one specific thing must also be a philosopher-king qualified to wield influence over every aspect of American society” is such a profoundly dumb, yet fairly common assumption.

And we all know what that one specific thing is.

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It’s not just an assumption, it’s foundational to US society! It’s what replaced class.

We almost always underestimate how much luck plays into a person's financial success.

They're just people. Isolated weird people.

Yes, but how many times have you heard people say, "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich yet?"