On occasion, a handful of respondents explained that the resentment is also rooted in a person’s natural intelligence. “You know, that’s just how it is, and some people are born smarter than other people and it’s not their fault … some people just don’t have the capability,” said one respondent. Similarly, a different interviewee stressed that, “Gene pool is another element of it.” According to another ultra-wealthy person, this can lead the nonwealthy to ask, “Why do you have it and why don’t I have it? The answer in many cases might be one worked hard and the other didn’t, or one has a much
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