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by Eisenstein 867 days ago
"Does one have the right to have wealth (control enough resources) that one can impede society by act of controlling things and making them not-useful or exploiting them in a way that is a detriment to society?"

This is an easy question to answer, and you answered it and then un-answered your answer. Probably because when I clarified your answer to mean what it meant (by taking control of things away from people who are using them in a way society deems not useful or harmful, you are removing their wealth and thus they do not have a right to it) you violated some kind of principle you thought you held and had to backtrack.

Instead of engaging with this thought process you just proceeded to deliver a few unwanted lectures on things that you felt necessary. I must assume you lack the self-awareness and/or are regarding the question as loaded because it uses a word: wealth, which has a very distinct meaning (but you feel is being used ideologically).

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Ho boy. I wish you luck with your future adventures, because you're going to need it.

Ciao!