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MineralMan

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19. At some point, if you have enough wealth, nothing affects you

Fri Jun 8, 2018, 11:36 AM

Jun 2018

any longer. No matter what happens, you will remain wealthy. So, those people don't really give a damn about any of it. As long as their wealth remains, nothing else matters. The only thing they oppose is the idea that they can't be wealthy any longer.

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