"A few people get rich because they buy other people’s time and profit from it. Because they have a patent on a product that others urgently need. Because they buy a piece of land that increases in value and because society builds infrastructure around it. In the process, they destroy the environment to harvest the resources."
Do über-wealthy people earn that money? Deserve that money?
Great read...
https://kottke.org/24/06/how-to-give-away-a-fortune
#Capitalism #Money #Philanthropy
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