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 Originally Posted by wufwugy
When one person is rich, it's because other people are poor. Nobody has ever been able to deny this reality of economics
Let's say I own a huge tomato farm, and I have what people feel are the best Tomatoes in the entire world. People come from all over the United States to buy my Tomatoes during harvest (at only slightly above a normal tomato's price cause i'm an altruistic guy). I earn 1 million dollars from the harvest and a couple hundred thousand people have my tomatoes.
Each person who buys my tomatoes feels they are of equal or greater value than the money they exchanged for them because a) they were willing to purchase them and b) many were willing to even spend money and time coming to buy them. Therefore, every person who buys a tomato is actually gaining wealth when they use their money. Nobody has become poorer in this exchange, except maybe for me because I could have charged more for my tomatoes.
I think you're confusing who gains more cash in the exchange for who becomes wealthier.
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