I'm not saying wealth == money. Look at my previous definition of wealth. And, I don't think anyone would argue with you that when governments and people take the actions you prescribe, wealth gets destroyed. What many don't realize, is that when you destroy the producers of wealth, you end up shooting yourself in the foot. When Stalin killed all the productive "bourgeoise" farmers, millions died of starvation. When the Spaniards kicked out the productive Jews and stole their property, the net result over time was that Spain became far poorer than before. In fact, what you are describing has happened time and time again throughout history and has resulted in greater poverty for theaggressors every time!

One of the preconditions of the level of prosperity we experience today is government stability and essentially British or Western European laws and cultural and Christian values. As those things erode, prosperity decreases. And, there is a great threat of worldwide prosperity taking a nosedive on many fronts, including the global ESG movement, WEF great reset, socialist/communist/fascist/authoritarian government movements, etc. We are very fortunate to have experienced the overall wealth that we do today, and, unfortunately, it's probably only going to get worse from here the way things are going.