this ^ Value is value -- for sure but Value derived from luck of the draw (e.g. Norway's current citizens banking on their ancestors settling in a land rich i

this ^ Value is value -- for sure but Value derived from luck of the draw (e.g. Norway's current citizens banking on their ancestors settling in a land rich in oil). Frame it this way -- would Saudi Arabia be as wealthy as it is today without Oil? Do you think their social and political structure would have produced equivalent wealth as their oil companies?