[yetanothermonk]

That's interesting and I think I can understand being in that same frame of mind. I wonder, if the implication doesn't match up with what you want the implication to be, how do you break that stalemate?

Here, I guess I'm of the belief that there's nothing wrong with billionaires; the wrong thing is how little there is for a billion people in the world.

[SpicyLemonZest]

It's just a matter of focusing on the motivating principles. I've had lots of good, productive discussions about why "you can get very rich if you make something lots of people want" is a win-win deal for society, or why a system where only the government can finance large projects wouldn't be good. If someone wants to talk about billionaires, I just say that the precise dollar amounts aren't the point.