> if they sell the gold nugget and purchase wasteful goods and services
That wasn't the premise. The premise was that Carol hurts Betty simply by having something Betty doesn't have.
That wasn't the premise. The premise was that Carol hurts Betty simply by having something Betty doesn't have.
Nobody is particularly upset by people owning lots of money in a bank account (few speak poorly of Bill Gates or Warren Buffet). It's when people put that capital to use that they get blowback. Koch brothers, Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman, and our benevolent President and much of his cabinet are wonderful examples of the absurdities the wealthy do get away with.
People stupidly wasting their money means they run out of it. So what if they dissipate it on hookers and blow. Nothing for you to be concerned about.