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Essentially any extremely wealthy person can pontificate on a topic and be taken seriously, even if they have zero background in the topic and their opinion is easily dismissed by those with knowledge of the field.

That's what happens when you make financial success equivalent to wisdom.

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Also see: HiPPO

https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/HiPPOs-highest-paid...