Confusingly i dont think its that simple. If you equate wealth to work, then with increased automatization, you can grow wealth without stealing it from someone else. Not saying that you can't increase wealth through exploitation though.
There are those who hold the viewpoint that if you don't have money from a job, you're eventually going to run afoul of those with guns (police), so you are forced at gunpoint to work somewhere. I've seen people say that here on HN. This is why I'm not sure that it was sarcasm. But still, I suspect it was.