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Why don't you read the article, and learn something from a person, an immigrant, who became a billionaire? FYI, no one can become a billionaire without delivering value.


Sure, under an extremely loose definition of "value".

What about a billionaire cigarette tycoon, drug lord, or arms dealer?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_M._Kelley

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapo_Guzman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adnan_Khashoggi

Their product had "value" in the sense that somebody was willing to pay for it, but clearly it's possible to become a billionaire while having a net negative effect on society.




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