Not just Silicon Valley, although SV is definitely the poster child for this mentality. It’s a problem all over the world. Obtaining X fully justifies having X. Nobody cares about the “how.”

An aspect of the "just-world fallacy", where ultimately good things happen to good people, so if a good thing happened to you, you must have been good, etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_fallacy

> Nobody cares about the “how.”

The rich man is also perceived by the lizard brain to be wise, intelligent, witty, and handsome.