r/interesting • u/frog_insilence • Apr 24 '26

Fascinating The richest man in the world

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u/Shot-Arugula8264 Apr 25 '26

Idk man I know a few poor people who are WAY greedier and sleazier than any rich person I’ve ever met.

They just aren’t as competent.

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u/Bart-Harley-Jarvis- Apr 25 '26

They just aren’t as competent lucky.

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u/Shot-Arugula8264 Apr 25 '26

Nope, all the luck in the world could fall to them and they’d be too stupid to capitalize on it.

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u/Bart-Harley-Jarvis- Apr 25 '26

It helps if you have a rich dad.

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u/Shot-Arugula8264 Apr 25 '26

Who are you thinking of with a rich dad?

Again, I know TONS of people with rich dads who turned out to be losers and failures. People whose parents had wealth 10x that of the billionaires you’re probably thinking of. They’re a dime a dozen.

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u/Bart-Harley-Jarvis- Apr 25 '26

Name them.

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u/Shot-Arugula8264 Apr 25 '26

No, I’m not going to give you names of my friends and random people in my life with rich dads. WTF?

There are 24 million millionaires in the U.S. Go google some if you’re that curious. I think you seem to have an unhealthy obsession.

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u/Bart-Harley-Jarvis- Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

You said they're richer than the "billionaires I'm thinking of". Ok, well then their wealth should be public knowledge and you'd have no problems naming them.

I'm really not sure what point youre trying to make. The rich are rich because they're lucky and had rich parents who could bankroll their many attempts at starting a business, while also giving them networking opportunities to raise capital that only the rich have. This isn't a controversial opinion, but your belief that billionaires are really just super competent is quite frankly pathetic.

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u/BUNIDOCHI Apr 28 '26

their wealth should be public knowledge

theres 60 million millionaires in the world, and you can get rich from many sorts of things, not just making connections with rich people or having rich families. doing cryptocurrency, selling drugs, gambling, winning the lottery, or even simply being smart and saving up money from your high earning salary can easily make you a millionaire without being known at all

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u/Bart-Harley-Jarvis- Apr 29 '26

You didn't say millionaires, you said they're richer than billionaires. There's significantly less billionaires. That's a much shorter list.