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UBS: More Billionaires inherited their wealth then gained it by entrepreneurship (www.ubs.com)

submitted 11 months ago by MrMakabar@slrpnk.net to c/degrowth@slrpnk.net

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Imho an intressting development in the completly wrong direction. However it shows the massive problem capitalism has, that it increases capital accumulation within a small group of people. It also is a strong argument against the idea of billionaires having earned their wealth.

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[–] andymouse@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago

That's not skill, it's networks and resources you ALREADY HAVE.

Bears shit in the forest. This is not a 'skill'. They shit in the forest because that's where they happen to be.

It's the same with billionaires, they were just born in that environment. You confuse bears shitting in the forest with a demonstration of skill.

If you place one out of context, it will shit on your carpet instead. Except then you will not consider it a 'skill' but something distasteful.