Wealth can be accumulated constructively, or by exploitation. Many political claims amount to pretending one or the other doesn't exist.
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@St_Rev Though the lefty establishment hasn't pushed it as they'd have to buy the other side of the argument - uselessness of social policy -
@i_contemplate_ They'd also have to admit the value of entepreneurs. Directly cuts into their own status. -
@i_contemplate_ Only notice the role of entepreneurs when you can do so in a way that reinforces your dominance: "keep a big hunk of it." -
@St_Rev Yeah the only mention ever is how tax rates don't matter to them, how it's an irrational, megalomaniacal or selfish activity -
@i_contemplate_ Non-market actors, insulated from concerns of real wealth, think in terms of status, think everyone else does too. -
@i_contemplate_ Status is one track, few people ignore it completely, but it *is* zero-sum. Focusing on it is pathological.
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