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So accidentally finding a gold nugget on your family farm is merit?

• darawk 8y ago
  I didn't say luck didn't exist, or wasn't involved. But absent the incentive to capture some of the value of that gold, the person who finds it would simply leave it there on their farm, despite the fact that other people in the world want it.
  • ivalm 8y ago
    Sure, it is just not merit. People are incentivized and are rewarded for a variety of reasons -- some merit-based and many non-merit-based. I am not arguing against capitalism.