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		ryandrake 4 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The West forgot how to make things, now it’s forge... > I responded to the zero sum theory in another reply. You have ~40 responses in this thread in defense of billionaires, not sure which one exactly you're talking about.

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WalterBright 4 days ago [–]

See my posts saying that wealthy people create wealth, they do not transfer it. The transfer theory is the zero sum theory.

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