Or indeed the many people of my generation who, having been lucky enough to buy homes at the dawn of an age of house price inflation, are over-inclined to attribute their fortuitous wealth to their own brilliance. See also Nigel Farage and Arron Banks, both wealthy beyond their apparent talents. It’s a feature of contemporary life that a bit of acumen gets grotesquely over-rewarded, which makes the beneficiaries feel much smarter than they are, and so entitled to impose their terrible ideas on other people. But are these people really such geniuses as to be respectively worth $223bn and more than £100m? And that Jacob Rees-Mogg had some knowledge of investment banking that helped him acquire his considerable wealth. I’m prepared to believe that Elon Musk has business skills that I don’t have, which is why he’s richer than I am. ‘It’s a feature of contemporary life that a bit of acumen gets grotesquely over-rewarded.’ Above, Elon Musk.
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