You seem to think that "wealth" is a real thing. It is not. That's the whole problem with your reasoning. Guns are a real thing: if you point a gun at someon

You seem to think that "wealth" is a real thing. It is not. That's the whole problem with your reasoning. Guns are a real thing: if you point a gun at someone and pull the trigger, they will be shot and likely die. Wealth, on the other hand, is basically mutual fantasy. The only reason Michael Bloomberg, for instance, is "wealthy" is because a bunch of other people agree to his claim that a bunch of financial instruments he owns (money and stocks) are actually worth something. This only works as long as there's a functioning economy. Periods of hyperinflation in history have shown that this isn't always the case. What motivation do people with guns have to support people with money? Only the agreement that that money is worth something, and also that that person's claim to the money is something they all agree on. >As you can see from today's situation those people with wealth learned from the past. They know where to push and where to pull in order to successfully keep power. ... And the civilized world has been managing to keep going this way without using a gun Have you forgotten WWII? That happened under a century ago, and one thing that happened in the 30s was the Nazis rounded up all the Jews, stuck them in death camps, and seized their money. Money only gives you power as long as you get enough other people to agree to this. The true power lies with the people who have guns and are willing to use violence.