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> > Most people are rich ... because they made or did something that's valuable.

> This assumption is doing a LOT of heavy lifting here.

Value is determined by the people. I personally find Pokemon & MTG cards to be worthless, but other people do, and they're where that value is derived.



This is a meaningless comparison. That's not how wealth works. Wealth can be acquired via tons of indirect means including fraud, monopoly, luck, etc.




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