We had a thread a few years ago on this subject. Whoever was our progressive at the time claimed no one ever became wealthy on their own, they all inherited it or had some sort of outside help. I pointed out Edison was born to parents of modest means and had all of 3 months of formal education.
Progressive-"He never could have developed those inventions with out help."
Me-"Wrong. He convinced investors to invest their money in his ideas so they could profit."
Progressive-"See!! He had help!!"
So in that mindset, conceiving brilliant ideas and selling them to hard nose bankers is "help."