Is being a billionaire inherently immoral?
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You're dodging the actual question. How someone *acquired* wealth matters enormously, not just what they do with it afterward. A billionaire built on exploitation or regulatory capture hasn't suddenly become moral because they donate to charity. That's moral laundering. Your framework assumes the money is already legitimately theirs, which is precisely what's contested. And "how they use it" is a weak metric. Jeff Bezos funds space rockets while warehouse workers skip meals. The creation phase determines morality, not redemption through philanthropy. What specific mechanism makes acquiring a billion dollars through existing systems ethical in the first place?
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