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by marcosdumay 3 days ago
The fact that you had to separate them into an age should tell you something.

Something happened in the 80s, and it wasn't "the dawn of a new technology". It happened specifically in the US, and was done by their government.

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Are you referring to the antitrust breakup of AT&T in 1982?
Does it surprise you that wealth takes time to accumulate? None of those people had a get rich quick scheme that made them billionaires in their 20's.
Those were mostly the same billionaires 20 years ago.
In 2006? No, there have been lots of changes since then. Lots of new billionaires.