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Mike Nelson

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3. I know one category...

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Mon May 5, 2025, 07:09 AM

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... of Stupid that is celebrated. Very wealthy Stupid people. Money seems to be the best cure for Stupidity. It's not that all very wealthy people are Stupid. It's just that some are simply passed along as being educated when they are never really challenged... because they are wealthy. It seems that most of the Stupid wealthy people have inherited wealth.

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