"Besides, most importantly, the Waltons earned it, most of the wealth locked in China and Russia are either ex political power players or their friends." The d

"Besides, most importantly, the Waltons earned it, most of the wealth locked in China and Russia are either ex political power players or their friends." The distinction here is arbitrary. When we talk about such amount of wealth, I think the verb "to earn" lose some his significance. As a society, I don't believe we should accept that a few persons own such a huge proportion of the wealth (regardless whether they "earned" it, stole it, found it...).