The best way to get rich:

How does a non-rich person soak up all the resources?

You might be interested in the book Shock Doctrine: the Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

I hate that society in general is of the culture of "taking initiative", which mostly translates to "exploit others for your selfish gain", and people see it as completely normal.

I guess this is why so many people fervently oppose when the culture starts to shift back to wanting egalitarianism and people getting a fair chance.

Many people I live around genuinely complain about Medicare, public transport and social housing being expanded just because they got very slightly higher taxes this year.

Rn I'm doing the best I can to shovel money out of the AI bubble

"Wait". Sure.

People in 2008:

"Yeah let me just buy up all these cheap assets with my lack of employment"

The disaster comes in many forms ... a common one that many rich people take advantage of is ... the disaster of having a wealthy relative die to receive the inheritance.

Nah, the best way is to create the disaster and then soak up all the resources. This is what we see on the world stage all the time.

Wars are not random and there is a reason the US spends more on its military than Europe, Russia and China combined.