It's getting painful to read some of the posts on here.

Yes I too celebrate hardworking honest ambitious people. yes I have succeeded in my own measurement. But everyday and for decades I have seen what the 'billionaire" types will do for another buck. Maybe you would be surprised. It reminds me what the typical politician will do for another million in is account.
I understand, and You're preaching to the choir, I am painfully aware of the Oligarchs of the World. But it was irrelevant to My point and question, in today's day and age,
would people/banks/investors give an illiterate person the time of day enough to start a business and succeed?