Could have been phrased better, but what he means to say is obviously correct. In this current time period, for example, people who happen to have certain natural skills and education in the area of finance are shined upon by society. This has not always been the case throughout history, at least with such a large number of people working in finance or economics (throughout history these positions were obviously filled by the elite)
Always goes back to the social contract, people who have had certain luck in genetics, upbringing, random chance meetings that motivated them to choose this path or that path, et cetera. Wealthy people particularly like to fawn all over themselves RE: "I worked hard to get here" when they actually have never worked nearly as hard as many poor, undereducated farmers, industrial workers, etc. have. Oh sure, maybe they spent a few summers in high school and college doing hard labor. Please.
P.S. I just imagined FC being some jewey merchant in Mesopotamia. Highly doubt that's how it would have gone down; could definitely see him rising to be some kind of holy priest though.
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