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If I am so smart, why am I not rich?
I do not even demand that you profiteer by selling defective guns like J.P. Morgan did.
J. P. Morgan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During the American Civil War, Morgan was approached to finance the purchase of antiquated rifles being sold by the army for $3.50 each. Morgan's partner re-machined them and sold the rifles back to the army for $33 each. These guns were defective and were known to blow the thumbs off of those who used them. The sale became a scandal and the government refused to pay for their own defective weapons resold to them at an exorbitant markup. Morgan sued the government twice to collect on his contract.[2] Morgan himself, like many wealthy persons, avoided military service by paying $300 for a substitute.[3]
As long as you are ready to treat every scam not explicitly forbidden and effectively prosecuted as a great business opportunity, you should be able to get rich if you are smart. But well, there is the issue of empathy and morals. Sweden's finest (and perhaps only) collaborative, leftist e-newspaper Synapze.se
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