I now have no respect for such people whatsoever, as they've demonstrated completely and thoroughly, even to the point where my dumb ass can notice, that the only thing that ever "qualified" them to "run a business" was having money.

It's always heartwarming when people wake up and realize it's capital ism and not merit ism

And you realize a lot of the books and media you've consumed that explicitly stated that weren't just making a comment on a goofy side effect of that system but the entire enchilada.