Billionaires extract wealth rather than create it

Re:Billionaires extract wealth rather than create it by MR4D on Thursday December 05, 2019 @10:15PM (#21718981)

You have absolutely zero understanding of wealth.

An example to prove my point:

You have an apple seed. You plant the apple seed. You tend to the growing plant (soon a tree). A few years of work tending to the plant, and you get hundreds of apples every year.

No money is necessary. Wealth is about abundance. Money is just one type of scorecard.

Apologies for the strong tone, but the type of thinking that you just displayed has destroyed civilizations in the past.

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Re:Billionaires extract wealth rather than create it by d-d on Thursday December 05, 2019 @10:44PM (#21719113)

> You have an apple seed

So where'd you get the seed? Or the land? Or the time to plant and tend to the tree?

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Re:Billionaires extract wealth rather than create it by corporate_shi11 on Thursday December 05, 2019 @10:55PM (#21719160)

You either already own or pay for the seed, the land and the man-hours to tend the tree. This both employs people and brings more abundance into the world.

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Re:Billionaires extract wealth rather than create it by mempko on Thursday December 05, 2019 @10:48PM (#21719132)

While this is true, those with the highest scores get a claim on abundance whether or not they created wealth.

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