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Re:Abandoned South Dakota Town on Sale for $250k by mbil on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @08:42AM (#10662836)
An example of an exception to that rule of thumb: Robert Owen, a successful industrialist who became one of the founders of utopian socialism.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Owen

http://www.ushistory.org/us/26b.asp

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Re:Abandoned South Dakota Town on Sale for $250k by empthought on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @11:25AM (#10663868)
I don't think someone who died in 1858 is an exception to the modern composition of the wealthy population.
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