General Discussion

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The implied meaning from these statements does not require a huge leap in logic to conclude that their hard work got them that million dollar/billion dollar payday.

That's not the case.

I was in the music business. Anyone that has even worked on the fringes of the business has met some seriously talented, hardworking musicians and songwriters and I absolutely have and not a single person knows their names and never will. They will never hear them sing a single note or read a single word of their lyrics.
Being good and hard work have very little correlation to success as a musician. LA and Nashville are full to the brim with very hard working and talented musicians with a lot of support.

You become a billionaire through the theft of the potential and prosperity of others.

No one is saying you can't be successful or that you can't be wealthy but billionaires and now trillionaires I guess, are inherently evil .

That's not an opinion. Billionaires hold a huge portion of the nation's wealth. A handful of billionaires hold more than 30% of the nation's wealth. The top 1% hold over 50% of the nation's wealth.
To imply that this level of wealth hoarding isn't destructive to a country: economically, politically and socially, is to deny reality.