> You're paid more because you are expected to provide a lot of value and are also hard to replace. Society is simply giving you back some of the value that you

> You're paid more because you are expected to provide a lot of value and are also hard to replace. Society is simply giving you back some of the value that you're creating for it well, perhaps. your employer is giving you some of the value you are helping your employer generate/extract/appropriate. depending on what your job or project is exactly, the net result of what you and your employer do may in fact be destroying a lot of value for society, but extracting a lot of wealth from others and reallocating it to your employer. there is a lot of money to be made pushing profits onto owners of the business now and spreading costs over a large number of people in the future, in a way that's a net loss for society. if you can help a business owner optimise this process, there may be a good business case for the business owner to give you a cut of the spoils... but you're kidding yourself framing this in the language of "generating value". it depends on the details