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Okay so then how is he worth that much?
These memes and stories are like, "its unbelievable that Bezos is worth so much money", no it makes perfect sense!
Easy: He birthed himself into a rich family. Classical self made billionaire
Plenty of people in that situation who aren't Bezos rich, no?
Makes me think that explanation isn't sufficient.
It's not sufficient, but it is necessary. They also have to invest (AKA owning the means of production, wonder why that's so profitable...)
It certainly helps a lot!
But again, there's something different about them. that made them different from many others from a similar start.
Wonder what it could be
Not having a conscience, probably