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Britain yet again shows the world how it’s done

ONE of the greatest con tricks ever perpetrated on a credulous public was the myth of the “self-made” billionaire. The Great British entrepreneur.

Individuals who pulled themselves up by their boot straps and by dint of hard work and acumen rose to the top of the heap.

“That is the capitalist dream,” they intone with dewy-eyed admiration, conveniently ignoring the fact that when it comes to capitalism one man’s dream is invariably a nightmare for thousands of others.

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