The Great Wealth Robbery

[Jimaz]

Regarding secured vs. earned wealth:

The central scandal is this:

The capitalist system defends secured but unearned wealth over earned but unsecured wealth then complains that any unsecured wealth must have been necessarily unearned — even if it was, in fact, earned.

This is the central lie that capitalists use to legitimize their theft of others' earnings.

In short: "I got mine. Go get yours. If I can afford to defeat your earnest efforts to do so, that's your problem, not mine."

What a bunch of shameless deadbeats.

[oladub]

Regarding secured vs. earned wealth:

The central scandal is this:

The capitalist system defends secured but unearned wealth over earned but unsecured wealth then complains that any unsecured wealth must have been necessarily unearned — even if it was, in fact, earned.

This is the central lie that capitalists use to legitimize their theft of others' earnings.

In short: "I got mine. Go get yours. If I can afford to defeat your earnest efforts to do so, that's your problem, not mine."

What a bunch of shameless deadbeats.

Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, and Floyd Mayweather, the highest paid athlete at $90m last year, are all Obama supporters. They are extreme beneficiaries of capitalism paid handsomely for their talents. Where do they fall into your spectrum of earned wealth vs. secured wealth?