cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16206879
Lets test the theory
It happened to Scrooge McDuck.
this post was submitted on 21 Jan 2025
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it's not about the money but the connections
If you have connections to wealthy people because of your wealth, there's good chance these people are rather interested in your wealth and power than you. You lose the wealth, they lose interest.
As long as someone is not an absolute asshole to literally everyone, friendships are rarely that shallow. See for example what happened to Europeans that got kicked out of Africa during decolonisation - most lost almost everything they had, but most also ended up exactly on the same step they were in the social ladder in a few years due to the connections they had in the "metropole".
Yea but if also those connections lose their money spooky stuff might happen.