Real, per capita economic growth only really started with the Industrial Revolution - when companies started literally making money. But the mindset of many is

Real, per capita economic growth only really started with the Industrial Revolution - when companies started literally making money. But the mindset of many is still caught up in the uber-conservative (from an economic point of view) mindset dating to the middle ages that wealth is like land: it's just always there, and if you want more, you have to get it from someone else buy buying or seizing.