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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Jan 27
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    It just makes economic inequality more persistent if, while rich kids are being taught the recipe for wealth, https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1109897564973871106 … you tell poor kids it's impossible to become rich except by being a crook: https://twitter.com/RBReich/status/1220481483002937344 …

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      2. free street parking in Manhattan is theft‏ @tommyrva Jan 27
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        I actually learned that building a monopoly is the only way to make a billion dollars from YChttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fx5Q8xGU8k …

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      3. free street parking in Manhattan is theft‏ @tommyrva Jan 27
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        I don't think y'all disagree on the facts as much as the framing and conclusions - is that right?

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      2. Mason  🏃🏻 ✂️‏ @webdevMason Jan 27
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        If you want to help someone, give them a hand. If you want to hinder them, give them an excuse. If you want to *destroy* them, give them an excuse that compels them to spit into the next hand extended to them.

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      2. Yash RT‏ @ythodge Jan 27
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        @nntaleb made a point of how the American rich isn't like a stagnant category, it keeps changing unlike Italy. Beware of rent seekers but they are across classes

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      3. Jurgis Šalna‏ @sjurgis Jan 27
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        No real growth in Europe, especially old Europe. People really skeptical on tech which doesn’t help either.

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      2. Xananax‏ @xananax Jan 27
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        "crooks" presupposes premeditated dishonesty. What the tweet says, rather, is that a certain level of wealth cannot be deserved, no matter what you do. Passed a certain cap, you're "taking", even though most rich people are merely willfully ignorant, or simply naive.

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      3. Jason Starr‏ @JasonStarr Jan 27
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        Please explain how selling your billionth widget is different in terms of “taking” than your millionth, or your hundredth? If doing the same thing just at scale, why is there a “cap” where the business no longer deserves to make the same incremental profit in the same business?

        2 replies 0 retweets 13 likes
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      2. Bruno Dusausoy‏ @bdusauso Jan 27
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        There's a difference between being rich (like millionaire) and ultra-rich (like billionaire). You can become millionaire by working but you can't become billionaire simply by working: you have to exploit people, abuse a monopoly position, do tax evasion ...

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      3. Jamie Quint‏ @jamiequint Jan 27
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        Wrong.

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