• I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    Yes, but also, people at that level do not, strictly speaking, “earn” money. They extract it from the labor of others.

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      22 hours ago

      very true. i am using “earn” here as a synonym for merely obtaining. it should be read as thieve, as in “they’ll thieve less money.”