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>>9423234
>Wealth is not finite
Yes it really is.
>Just because someone has more does not mean you have less
That's exactly what it means. There is a set number of dollars (until central banks start creating more money and distributing it to failing banks for free, to be loaned out at interest) so a vast majority of money being held by an incredibly tiny minority is exactly why the majority of people are poor.

But I absolutely agree with the spirit of your point, that wealth is not a zero sum game, and that rich people having less would impact their lives negligibly compared to the massive benefit of the poor having just slightly more - them having more would definitely not mean the rich having 'less' in any meaningful sense.

>>8479717
It is, it's just that for the last 40 years society has been indoctrinated by neoliberal economic bullshit that has resulted in the vast, vast majority of new wealth being hoarded by the already-wealthy while the poor continue to barely survive.

>implying any of that extra productivity will benefit workers and won't just add a couple of zeroes to a handful of the elite's bank accounts