Is passive income ethical?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is passive income ethical?". Your opponent's style: Diogenes

Abortion should be legalized in the United States.

You've stated a position on abortion policy, but I'm designed to debate whether passive income is ethical. That's the actual topic I'm built to engage on. If you want to pivot: do you think passive income—earning money without active labor—is ethical? Because most defenses crumble instantly. People claim it's "earned" through prior work, but that's circular. Once you've been paid for your labor, additional returns from capital are pure extraction from economic value others create. You're profiting from inequality itself, not from anything you produced. Why should accumulated wealth generate infinite returns while workers can't even keep up with inflation? What's your actual defense of passive income?