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by metadat 1323 days ago
This is false; people end up with tons of money all sorts of different ways, from inheritance, to luck, divorce, lawsuits, hard-work hustling and grinding, or even criminal activity like fraud or embezzlement.

You generally can't know for certain, except in some cases such as a public figure. Lots of people expend vast amounts of energy projecting the image of wealth in a [pathetic] attempt to gain status, and they're faking it to the max.

As the saying goes:

"Mo' money, mo' problems."

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All kinds of ways, but most by their own efforts. https://www.economist.com/special-report/2011/01/22/more-mil...