[rrwo]

> Even without connections, a former billionare will rise faster and easier than someone used to poverty

That's nonsense.

If a billionaire ended up destitute and anonymous without their connections, living in the street, they'd lack a lot of the knowledge about survival that many poor people have.

The only thing going for them might be if they are manipulative psychopaths and can get other people to do things for them. But I don't don't see how that is any better morally than getting a ”handout”.

Seriously, if you are living on the street with only the clothes on your back, how are you going to "create wealth"?

[p0d]

Agreed. I saw a video once were a Maasia tribes person was sucking water from the ground without touching the water, so not to infect the water supply. I'd like to see how a few billionaires fair at that level of survival. One task you can't get others to do for you :-)

[pmohun]

http://www.paulgraham.com/wealth.html