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by hackinthebochs 5060 days ago
It's fair because wealthy people cannot exist without a society constructed in such a way that allows them to acquire large amounts of wealth. In the natural state, you can only "own" as much as you can defend. It's society that allows one to accumulate wealth because the burden to protect it is distributed. Simply put, its fair because those government services you speak of disproportionately benefit the wealthy.