They’re greedy, unscrupulous, and they rise to power based mostly on the silver spoons they’ve been fed with since infancy. At least, that’s the story we have in our head when it comes to rich people. In the wake of the ascension of a billionaire to the White House for the first time, and with the divide between the haves and have-nots in America growing, it’s easy for us to unquestioningly accept such myths.