Recently on the All In Podcast, Tucker made a point about prosperity being a curse. The fellas chimed in and said that they had seen this phenomenon where a person makes a lot of money and subsequently self destructs.
I have seen this too, when wealth arrives precipitously during a bull run. It can have a bad effect on some people. They can go off the rails with drugs and alcohol or have a personality change for the worse.
Have you seen this?
Why does this happen?
They went on to discuss that America may have this problem, writ large, as a country. Its prosperity has driven some segment of the population off their rocker. Interesting theory.