Forced redistributions give wrong signals to people. What signal does does it send to people when you allow a privileged few to inherit (for practical purposes

Forced redistributions give wrong signals to people. What signal does does it send to people when you allow a privileged few to inherit (for practical purposes) anything they want without having had to put any work in to get it? What signal does it send when those same people can use what they've inherited to buy policies that only increase the discrepancy between them and their plumbers - who are doing hard work that few of us would enjoy?