All you are saying is that: if the ‘idle rich’ can have money without working, why not the rest of us?
While it is true that some rich spend their lives in meaningless pursuits, many still work on projects and passions that interest them, which also benefit the wider community. Indeed, most of the wealth of the rich (eg. Jeff Bezos) is in the companies that provide real value to the rest of us. The amount of resources (concrete, steel, minerals, fibre, food, water, etc and human services) that (say) Jeff consumes for his own enjoyment are minuscule compared to […]
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