Money is a game, playing it right is the appropriate thing to do.

The people who make the most wealth are the ones who BREAK the rules and get away with it. They have the outward position that looks admirable and industrious. But the game is rigged against those who play by the rules, by design.

I'm not anti-capitalist, I'm very much for fair production of goods and services and reasonable and fair compensation. Nor do I want the rich to suffer, but I believe that hard work is under valued and under rewarded, while the "money hackers" practice their secret arts and get rich for doing next to nothing. There's nothing sustainable about a system like that.

It's tempting to play the game, learn what rules are enforced and what rules people pretend are enforced to keep everyone else out, but I abandoned that idea long ago. There are things more valuable in life than money.