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Re:Inside Facebook's Data Wars by lucian1900 on Thursday July 15, 2021 @12:41PM (#27846720)
Most capital is inherited. No amount of hard work will make up for that.

The very notion of private property exists to maintain that inherited capital, with state violence.

Is that moral? Why?

Re:Inside Facebook's Data Wars by asteroidbelt on Thursday July 15, 2021 @01:46PM (#27847605)
> Most capital is inherited.

This is a common myth. (I should say, marxist myth.)

> Of those folks, 67.7% were self-made, while 23.7% had a combination of inherited and self-created wealth. Only 8.5% of global high-net-worth individuals were categorized as having completely inherited their wealth.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/26/majority-of-the-worlds-riche...

Re:Inside Facebook's Data Wars by lucian1900 on Thursday July 15, 2021 @02:16PM (#27848097)
If you ignore the fact that only those whose families are at least comfortable financially can afford to take the risk necessary to get into a position where they can begin exploiting other workers.

Globally, the vast majority of capital is owned by people who grew up rich.