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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I have an idea for a story in which a former businessman, now homeless, has a number of interpersonal conflicts with people who lend him money, dislike him, give him favors to get by, etc. There's a whole first part based on this strife and drama. Then, a freak situation results in him instantly becoming the head of a nationwide corporation. Every single conflict that existed in the first part is solved in about 3 paragraphs through a quick set of checks he writes.

There's a lot of general morals in that story, including "Wealth is not necessarily as 'earned' as one would think", but also that a comfortable amount of money really does ease almost all interpersonal relationships.