What do you think about this argument?

It shouldn’t bother you that some people are obscenely wealthy (billionaires) because they earned it, that’s their money, and they should spend or save it however they want to. But government waste? That should really piss you off because that’s your money!

Disclaimer: I disagree with the sentiment, but at the moment I can’t seem to think of a valid rebuttal.

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BohoBabe · M

In the words of Arnold Schwarzenegger, "there's no such thing as a self-made man."
All of these billionaires were born into positions of privilege, plus the system is controlled by billionaires who treat the billionaire-class like a sort of master race that must be preserved. Trump went broke several times, but the system made him rich again in the form of subsidies that he only got because he was rich at one point. So basically, if you're born into wealth, the government will make sure you stay wealthy, even if you go bankrupt over and over and over.

Also, billionaires don't work, they hire workers with the money they were born into. Elon Musk is not an engineer, he's a businessman who was (yet again) born into wealth. He then used his money to buy property and have actual engineers build his cars and rockets. In a socialist country, Musk would be voted out of power for contributing nothing positive to the companies he owns.

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