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Originally Posted by Mathgod
If everyone who isn't a billionaire suddenly vanished from existence, and only billionaires were left, they'd quickly learn just how much wealth creation they're actually capable of. Answer: pretty close to zlich. Turns out it's pretty hard to take credit for "creating trillions in wealth" when there aren't hard working people for you to make money off the backs of.
Conversely, if all billionaires suddenly vanished and everyone else was still here, society would more or less continue on without much disruption.
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That is a rhetorical argument, a hypothetical extreme, it shall not be entertained. It proves nothing.
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If Windows didn't exist, computers would run on something else. Something akin to Windows would have emerged at some point even if Gates never created Windows.
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That's better !
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Originally Posted by Mathgod
Again the tech revolution is largely due to hard working people in Silicon Valley and other places.
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Yes that is true and they are all rich as #### now, thanks Jeff and Elon! They did provide value in those early days
Most people who work there now are just maintainers and don't provide the value that Jeff/Elon and the early employers did who helped grow to what it is now.
Again those early employees are also billionaires/millionaires.
It's a great system and it's up to you what you get out of it.