alt Hacker News> What is (or used to be?) implicit is that a person who has the means to be free of subsistence activities will/should take the time to *acquire a quality education and make an even better contribution to society and humanity.
The rich got rich exactly by contributing to society and humanity. This is exactly what I mean by "rich people bad" local optima trap that you also seem to have fallen into.
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Donald Trump is extracting mountains of wealth from the taxpayer by leveraging his position and the refusal of the GOP to do anything about his crimes.
When he gets a payout by suing the government and then directing the government to pay him, how is hie contributing to society and humanity?
Heck, a large portion of my wealth came from buying ETFs and watching the number go up. How did I contribute to society and humanity to achieve that?
> The rich got rich exactly by contributing to society and humanity.
Pardon me, but this seems to be a local optima trap too.