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In Praise of Capitalist Inequality

November 6, 2011 - 12:00 am - by Paul Hsieh
Roxanne A.
2011-11-07 23:21:24

If it were not for the brains and drive and wealth creating power of capitalists, America would not exist as it is, and most people living a good life in America today would instead be slowly dying in some awful peasant pesthole, prematurely worn out.

What many don’t seem to understand is how much we owe the prime movers of society. They are NOT like average people, they live, eat, breathe their business. They think about it 24/7 and are driven to achieve what they do by a vision others don’t have. Such people are worth far more than they earn, as William Stoddard wrote, because they bring incalculable wealth and progress to the entire human race.

Thank you for an essay which brings this important point to light.