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> In a different system of government in which the rich are in charge, the only way to change government is to destroy it and kill them all.

70% of wealthy families lose their wealth by the second generation, and a stunning 90% by the third, according to the Williams Group wealth consultancy [1]. So the power seems to naturally defuse without having to "kill them all".

[1] http://time.com/money/3925308/rich-families-lose-wealth/




Do you think that would still be the case in a society in which they were in charge? I don't.




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