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Yeah. 
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Read the history of European Royal Families and you will notice that (not only are they all related) but their rise to power all began with some cutthroat who just happened to be more conniving or violent than the other rogues at court. >

Or one extremely good athlete, lucky lottery winner, very lucky &/or good stock investor, etc >

Athletes make managers rich.  Very few can keep up with the hands out when they’re making money, much less after their bodies give out.
Lottery winners rarely make it past the two year mark without completely ruining their lives.
Brokers make it big in the stock market.  The big firms who front load orders, take cuts on every transaction, and game their positions by “hedging”, literal buying options they know ill make money when their mass selling triggers market changes.  Lucky doesn’t come close to matching the market average when all the big players can use government liquidity or your own retirement funds to constantly game positions. >

I think everyone here thinks OP is casting judgment. OP is maybe just hatching a plan. >

I understand what ur getting at, but what about new money? My parents came from humble families, busted their humps working, stitching ppls skin back together, and now we eat steak at Christmas. 
Baby and the bathwater, ya know? It's ignorant to say money = foul play. >

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