The rich aren't your role models

June 14, 2026 Wyatt E Jones The rich aren’t your role models – they’re your oppressors We are told that wealth is a measure of contribution. The richer a person becomes, the more they must have given to society. This is one of the founding myths of capitalism. It is repeated so often that many people accept it without thinking. Schoolchildren are taught that great fortunes are the reward for hard work, intelligence, innovation, and risk. Newspapers celebrate billionaires as visionaries. Politicians praise entrepreneurs as wealth creators. Business commentators speak of fortunes as though they emerged from the mind of a single genius rather than from the labour of millions.

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