Nobody earned a billion times more than you. Stop pretending this is merit.
Today, the gap between the richest and the poorest is so massive our brains can't even process it. If you stacked up the bills making up Elon Musk's fortune, the pile would circle the Earth several times over. A minimum wage worker's would fit in a shoebox. We're not talking "he did better"... we're talking a total change of scale !
And there's always someone ready to defend it : "It's merit" Merit for what exactly ? Nobody has ever worked a billion times harder than another human being. That doesn't exist. It's just a system running for its own sake, period.
"But he creates jobs !"
Sure, and so what ? That was never a gift, it's literally the opposite : if employees could become rich themselves, who'd be left to run the place ? Creating jobs is creating dependency, not empowerment. While you're chasing rent, the gap keeps growing on its own, without the person at the top lifting a finger.
And honestly I don't get how anyone's supposed to get up every morning, work hard, follow the rules, knowing someone else makes in a single day what you'll never make in an entire lifetime.
People can live with inequality as long as itfeels justified. This isn't inequality anymore... it's just absurd.
Just wake up.