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I sometimes have trouble with the idea of “creating wealth”. I am not sure if people like Bezos or Gates have created wealth but instead have managed to funnel
by spaetzleesser 5y ago
I sometimes have trouble with the idea of “creating wealth”. I am not sure if people like Bezos or Gates have created wealth but instead have managed to funnel wealth into their pockets. They may even have destroyed wealth by suppressing competition and potentially better ideas.
It seems the real wealth creators are inventors and scientists who create new things . From then it’s more if zero sum game between different businesses.
- Synaesthesia 5y agoIt's all about how you define "creating wealth". So indeed in todays liberal capitalist society we might say that an investor who's share trades were ultimately a zero sum game is "creating wealth" but a mother raising a child, which is hard work, is not.