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Likewise,

> Companies sell shares to the public while still losing money. Wealth is generated, but most of the loot goes to a handful of people at the top, the founders and venture capital investors.

Then become a founder if it's such an easy way to generate wealth.




Wealth is generated by the employees. The founders channel that wealth to them.

The challenge with being a founder is to find the right business plan at the moment then hire and maintain the right team to achieve it. It's a challenge indeed but this challenge does not deserve nor does it morally justify taking most of the wealth generated by the employees away from them.


The difficulty with that theory is explaining why competitors don't spring up, copy the business plan, and entice the team away with higher pay.




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