The fact that you had to separate them into an age should tell you something.

Something happened in the 80s, and it wasn't "the dawn of a new technology". It happened specifically in the US, and was done by their government.

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judahmeek 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Are you referring to the antitrust breakup of AT&T in 1982?

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zdragnar 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Does it surprise you that wealth takes time to accumulate? None of those people had a get rich quick scheme that made them billionaires in their 20's.

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marcosdumay 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Those were mostly the same billionaires 20 years ago.

	▲	SR2Z 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		In 2006? No, there have been lots of changes since then. Lots of new billionaires.

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selicos 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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