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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (103541)	10/31/2013 1:51:19 PM
From: Horgad	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218076

I am glad to see that you differentiate between created wealth and wealth that was simply has been accumulated from others or skimmed from the system, but I suspect that we would still come to disagreement on exactly which sources of wealth belong in which bucket. And even then if we did come to agreement on the differences in the morality of wealth based on its source, there would still be some points that trouble me. To take this to extreme, let us say that I invented a new farming machine that was so unique that it could not be legally copied and it was so much more efficient than existing machines that nobody could compete with it. Then using my machine, instead of selling it, I methodically ran all other farmers out of business such that I eventually monopolized all farm land and farming around the world. Now owning all farmland, am I then entitled to morally gather all the wealth of the world into my hands by forcing the world to pay my prices or starve? If morally you think this is not OK, I wonder where exactly it is was I crossed a line? If morally, you think this is OK, then suffice it to say that we are in disagreement.