World's 26 richest people own as much as poorest 50%, says Oxfam

So, you'd need the richest people in the world to agree to give up their hard earned money. Although poor people think of rich people as lazy... people who make a lot of money often work the most hours. Elon Musk for instance works like dozens of hours of overtime a week.

I think the perfect society is one that allows people to decide how much they want to work. If somebody wants to study from the time they are 6, and get straight A's, and work dozens of hours of overtime a week to become a millionaire, they should be able to. If someone like me wants to slack off, smoke weed, and smoke cigarettes all day, and make WAY less money... I should be able to.

I think many young people have this idea that everyone tries just as hard, so everyone should make the same amount of money. It's just simply not true. I don't think somebody like me should make nearly as much as somebody who devoted their life to making wealth.

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