• baggachipz@sh.itjust.works
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    12 hours ago

    they were still able to accumulate some wealth

    Right, and they became “conservative” because they want to hoard it for themselves to the detriment of others. They mentally regress to a selfish two-year-old.

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      3 hours ago

      Wealth is like the One Ring to Rule Them All…to most people. The second they have it in their possession it takes over and they turn into Gollum, unwilling to let it go and very happy to do almost anything to retain or bolster what they have.