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I think by now we have enough evidence to support that point of view. Not everybody up top is a crook, but not having morals or abandoning them along the way certainly makes it easier to ascend.
This is simply the new "Poor people are evil" which was popular for some time.

When these kind of generalizations sound like they are flattening any resemblance of reality, it is because they are

There was no evidence for “poor people are evil”. But there’s ample evidence for “rich people are evil”. What makes a person think they deserve more than another? What makes a person ignore laws and norms to make a buck? At the expense of others?

Evil. Yes it’s fashionable. Doesn’t make it untrue.

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