What makes wealth a problem in our society and any society is how it is acquired and how it is used.
Today's economic crises is the result of exploitative and unsustainable business practices, that allowed a temporary boom that few profited from and than many suffered from when the bubble popped, even those who never made the "bad decision".
Greed has been the greatest motive for the worst of man's crimes. It has driven the machine that we call imperialism and will continue to do so until society as a whole changes the way it looks at wealth.
Wealth is just a tool, and like all tools it must be used for the betterment of society, refusing to do so directly harms society. Which must make all question if wealth is not being used for the betterment of society than what exactly is it's purpose.
"What is the aim we want to achieve? The peaceful enjoyment of liberty and equality; the reign of that eternal justice whose laws are engraved not in stone and marble, but in the hearts of all men, even in the heart of the slave who forgets them or of the tyrant who disowns them."
The Incorruptible Maximilien Robespierre
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