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Fair point, I shouldn't have said "seed money". I stand by my earlier statements that

1. If someone has wealthy family members this tends to benefit them, and they tend not to realize it.

2. Growing up wealthy didn't guarantee Musk's success, but it made it easier than it would have been if he grew up poorer. This happens in ways that are hard for someone like him to realize. For example, he might not realize that if he'd grown up worrying about money there's a significant chance his brain would have noticably changed in a way that made it harder for him to function.



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