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by JPws_Prntr_Fngr 1022 days ago
Ahead on virtually any measure of material or social success, and they further consolidate their advantages by functioning multi-generationally, which means that no, they don't die quite like everybody else.

See for example: the Bush dynasty vs the typical "successful" American family. Do you know anyone benefiting from their great-grandfather's Nazi money, plus their grandfather's CIA/oil cartel black ops + presidency + Carlyle group influence trading, plus their father's presidency (and yet-to-be-proven criminal fuckery)? I don't.

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Thanks for reminding me to grab the tinfoil hat!
It's all provable beyond doubt if you'd like to see.
The comment you're replying to is technically correct, but completely misses the point.
You would have had to make a cogent point for me to have missed it.
I think their point was more philosophical. They can be rich, but they'll never be happy sort of a thing.
Don't forget the They Live glasses!