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The Stupidest Self-Made Millionaire

Because it’s funny and a little sad and actually says a lot about American culture: https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-stupidest-self-made-millionaire-7765515f8c71

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  • edited August 2022
    When … the printer commented on Dexter’s lack of punctuation. Dexter then decided to add a new page, solely presenting 12 rows of punctuation marks with the instruction that the readers “may peper and solt it as they plese”

    Funny. The style seems a curious mix of historical chronicle and fable. Had me thinking of Washington Irving’s “The Devil and Tom Walker.”

    Thanks for the chuckles.
  • Jayzuz. Lucky, indeed. At least he left his wealth behind so that others may benefit.
  • edited August 2022
    I kept wanting to compare him to a recent and infamous X Pres. The bluster and disregard for conventional norms are there as is the diminished mental capacity. But missing (in the latter) is the “self-made” part.
  • hank said:

    I kept wanting to compare him to a recent and infamous X Pres. The bluster and disregard for conventional norms are there as is the diminished mental capacity. But missing (in the latter) is the “self-made” part.

    Truth.
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