>'what right does A have to take B's money and give it to C?' The question implies that there is a natural or divine law, not made by A, B or C, that says what

>'what right does A have to take B's money and give it to C?' The question implies that there is a natural or divine law, not made by A, B or C, that says what is and isn't B's money in the first place. What if the people (i.e A, B and C) are a radically meritocratic bunch and they define B's property as everything that can be ascribed to B's individual effort, not to the country B was born in, not to the social group B was born into and not to pure chance? Based on this meritocratic definition, some of what ends up in the B's possession at some point is not legally B's property and must be redistributed.