The point of that story is not that wealth is immoral.
...”The point of that story is not that wealth is immoral.”...
This writer did not mention the greatest danger inherent in one person accumulating wealth enough to buy his own country or a whole nation of people (slaves). Technology has made this possible for some like Zuckerberg (FaceBook) and Bezos (Amazon and, now Washington Post), how about George Soros, about whom it is said that he has financed professional protest groups to overturn the government of the US. We read that all three are left wingers who have a huge ability to set the political standard in any nation through the influence that money can buy and through the acquisition of the media such as Bezos has done. This is a very dangerous use of wealth for the world at large. Bill and Melina Gates (Microsoft), on the other hand, seem to use their wealth to do far greater good for humanity, through, for example, funding research to cure disease. Wish they would take a look at neurological diseases which are going to pose a crisis for healthcare in the not too far off future ( http://health.usf.edu/medicine/neurology ) A billion dollars to the neurology research at this institution has the potential to relieve some of the most terrible suffering in this world. Instead Bezos and Zuckerberg seem more interested in manipulation of the news and what can go out on social media than on the ugly human suffering which goes on under public radar each and every day. Whether that suffering is hunger, addiction, abuse and hatred or disease, the field are white with harvest everywhere we look. I have heard and some of you may know the specifics of this, that around 8 families own more than 50% of the world’s wealth. If true and I believe it is, this sets up a “shadow” dictatorship that the rest of us live under, whether we are making a lot of money or whether we are living in poverty. In my view something should be done about men or women who can buy whole nations or manipulate whole nations with their wealth. Humanity is NOT for sale. I do not believe in redistribution based on politics, but I whole heartedly believe that some kind of cap should be put upon the accumulation of wealth across the board which puts the whole world in danger.