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by ifyoubuildit 1300 days ago
As someone who is not rich (as in I need to keep working to live, though I'm quite comfortable), I don't feel any animosity towards those that are. Am I doing it wrong?

The headline seems to imply that gaining wealth is inherently a slimy thing to do. I just don't buy it. And if those people choose to donate some of that wealth, that seems strictly better than just being wealthy on its own.

Maybe it's just so difficult for people to get ahead these days that they start to focus more on what other people have and become bitter?

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I think it comes down to the fact that there are ways to get rich that run the spectrum of clean to dirty, on one end I don’t know how anyone faults the founders of BioNTech for getting rich creating a product that benefits humanity, on the other end of the spectrum it’s companies whose profits are derived from say government subsidies, “sin”, large exogenous societal costs are a little harder to feel good about…