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> They only gain this income by exploiting the proletariat so its only fair!

I can't tell if this is serious or parody. Honestly.



I think I was being fairly serious. Do you have any reason to think that the part you quoted was a parody?


Because I thought that of all places, a site dedicated to entrepreneurship would attract people who understand that it isn't true that the only way to make money is to "exploit the proletariat", but rather that the proletariat would be a lot worse off without successful entrepreneurs.


Addendum: Maybe this has something to do with it:

http://lesswrong.com/lw/2gd/fight_zerosum_bias/


Well, if Mr Gates charges me 500 rather than 400 then well his gain is my loss. So too if he pays me 11k rather than 12k, keeping that extra k as profit for himself, his gain is my loss.




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