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You could say that, but value is only created upon the creation of goods, while anything else merely amounts to the transfer of value; hence, only those who create (harvest) raw materials have any worth to society, and therefore should be the only ones to benefit. If this situation strikes you as preposterous, then value is clearly something other than money. Secondly, the rich are relatively ungracious; the money means far less to them than it does others and they use far more of it on themselves (even if they use less proportionally), so their goodness is less than what it would be if they had declined to profit and instead improved their employees' lives such that they could do good with their money. Thirdly, your last statement implies wealth will be built, whereas government action (such as enforcement of a trademark by the author in this case, or the breakup of Meta) can prevent wealth from accumulating without reason and thus spread wealth out for maximal utility.


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