The Distribution Of Wealth

in capitalist society, and logic, in theory wealth is given, and moves towards those, who are the most skilled, intelligent, industrious, work hard and are clever enough to know how to become rich. defenders of capitalism explains this with a type of circular logic, which in itself is already insane enough to be laughed at. they say more or less something like this: "those who work hard become rich and those who are rich are those who worked hard". "if someone is a millionare, he must've worked hard - because if he didn't work hard, how did he become rich?" that's basically their logic. it reminds one somewhat of the logic of religious fanatics - "if he is a prophept, people would flock to him, and as we all flock to him, he has to be a prophet!", but let's take things from another side now. let us assume it is correct. then this would still be false. let us assume, that those who know how to use the market system, who are clever, know how to gain power, have skills for this, have some leadership skills, and such, are clever and so on, are the ones that get rich, get all the wealth. this would still pose a problem. as these are skills, abilities, on how to gain tangible things - wealth, power, luxury. but this is not what life should be about. life shouldn't be about the ability to acquire the must luxury, the most social esteem. it should be about devolopling your mental skills, your emotions, your morality, your ethics. your behavior, your knowledge - your goodwill. about good deeds, helping other humans, doing good to them. *this* is what should be rewarded - not the ability to acquire a million dollars. the homeless man, who got thrown off his lifepath by an accident, but never did any soul harm in life would much more deserve the money and the fame of a millionaire, who ruined the lifes of a thousand people by his questionable business practices. people in the thousands should rather listen to this homeless man, than to the seminars and speeches by a reckless businessman who promises them to be rich too.
but not only that; the conception of wealth is itself screwed. because true wealth is not money, is not fast cars, is not a luxurxy apartment; it is wealth of the mind, of the heart. to be kind, to be honest, to be helpful. and to be insightful, to be thoughtful. this is real, deep, honest wealth. a poor man, who has made peace with himself and the world, is a million times more wealthy than a billionaire who is haunted by stress and nightmares.
in the past; society still respected that. "philosophers" and "wise men", who left their homes and belongings, and lived a modest life - often living on the streets, or in caves - were amongst the most adored by the people; as they had mental wealth, "wealth" of the heart. only in our society, this is largely forgotten.
yet, it is still true.