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I'm not sold on the correlation between intelligence, character, and producing value. How many self made billionaires achieved their position by utterly disregarding both moral and legal dimensions?

How many tiny villages exist on the fringes of capitalism, and operate primarily on the basis of trust?



I might classify utter disregard of moral and legal dimensions as extracting value rather than producing value.


How many self made billionaires achieved their position by utterly disregarding both moral and legal dimensions?

All of them if you apply strong enough moral values. Nobody can earn a billion by his own work, you can only become a billionaire by getting into a position where you can take a share of the work from many people.




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