You're looking at it from the perspective of a paycheck rather than a transaction. Like we are all sitting around the boardroom deciding who gets a raise. Inhe

You're looking at it from the perspective of a paycheck rather than a transaction. Like we are all sitting around the boardroom deciding who gets a raise. Inherently business transactions imply that both parties gained value. It would follow that we should encourage everyone to make as many value gaining transactions as possible. Both on a meta level and an individual level. E.g. Microsoft Word costs ~$70. If it weren't worth more than $70 to me I wouldn't buy it. For most people who author a number of documents it's an easy trade. I get at least a 10x return on office vs any alternative. I made Bill Gates richer because he made me richer. Additionally I gained much more than he did out of our deal individually. I would be ecstatic if MS/Bill Gates made another piece of software where I could make a similar gain. That he made another $X Billion in aggregate wouldn't bother me in the slightest. On a meta scale we should encourage the maximum amount of people working to find/create these sorts of value adding transactions.