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>I am rewarded (as you put it) for having say $100,000 in my bank. I saved it, maybe did some projects, etc. That money is mine, are you honestly going to say t
by crimsonalucard 11y ago
>I am rewarded (as you put it) for having say $100,000 in my bank. I saved it, maybe did some projects, etc. That money is mine, are you honestly going to say that I don't deserve the benefit that money brings me? Sure, it's only $5000/year in interest, but the argument doesn't break down if the amount has more zeroes in it.
The argument does begin to break down once the amount has more zeros in it. If you had 1,000,000,000,000 in the bank I would say there's no way you got that on your own. You had to work with thousands of other people in order to get that kind of money. Therefore it becomes debatable whether or not you deserve that capital.
- zo1 11y ago>"You had to work with thousands of other people in order to get that kind of money." Probably, yeah. In my example, the number might not be a thousand, but more like 1-2. How is it different? Point is, you'll have to explicitly state the difference between the two. At some point there is a disconnect. And that leap needs to be addressed otherwise people will simply go on implicitly claiming that rich people don't deserve what they have, or didn't acquire it legally, etc.