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In general I agree with you, but how about Warren Buffett, or the younger Kardashian? Neither of them have added value to the world, but neither seem particularly evil either. Unless your claim is that unequal ownership under capitalism is itself "stealing profits from workers", in which case sure, I don't think there are any billionaires without equity.

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> I don't think there are any billionaires without equity.

That becomes the crux of this. "Billionaires are bad" is a discussion about the system that actually allows them to exist, rather than the people themselves.

Warren Buffett has made a ton of his money using state-backed monopolies like real-estate. Land ownership and exclusivity, even when the land use is unproductive, is a human construct after-all.

In Warren Buffett's case, I'd say there certainly is value in scouting out profitable, well-managed companies and giving them access to a large centralized pool of capital. Probably not $100 billion worth of value, but I do think the Berkshire Hathaway umbrella helps the acquired companies to grow beyond what they'd be able to achieve without it.

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