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>>15130619
Wealth is zero sum? Then please explain how we have transitioned from all men owning nothing but rocks and sticks to a society in which even the dirtiest African farmers can stick a television in their hut. If wealth is 'zero sum', then where the fuck did this come from? Who was it taken from in the neolithic era?

Your idea is patently nonsense. Obviously, humans have capacity to create value that wasn't there before. You CREATE wealth the moment you grab a rock and wooden rod and sharpen it into an object of greater value - a spear - that can be used to hunt animals.

Raw wage increases have been eaten away by government rape of insurance that companies are required to furnish to their employees. There's no money leftover to increase wages when the cost of providing a functioning medical plan has risen tenfold thanks to all this big government nonsense. Benefits have taken away financial gains that would have gone towards wages.

The real enemies of the people will always be the parasites in Washington. They use the Chinese as a distraction to divert attention away from their own crimes.