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The entire concept that you're financial responsible for more than you direct descendants is frankly absurd.

Plus on average you're so far removed from about... the 3rd generation of descendants that it doesn't really matter.

Nobody should leave their descendants that much wealth that:

1. they don't need to be productive themselves

2. that the initial wealth has a higher than 1% chance to pass to grandkids

Each generation needs to earn their bread.

Baby boomers kind of didn't and look at what people are saying now.



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