Back to Dilemmas Moral Dilemma

Can a fortune ever be earned by one person alone?

Scenario

Every large fortune involves talent, timing, other people's work, and rules someone else wrote.

Reflection prompt

Both 'they earned every cent' and 'nobody earns that much' are conversation-enders. The interesting question is what 'earn' means.

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