Not the Politics of Envy
I do not envy the rich; I am angry at their greed. No, the world does not owe me or anyone else a living – the world uncaringly provides enough for all our needs, but because of the greed of the wealthy some people end up without even the means to survive.
The world does not think about whether it owes anyone anything. The world does not think at all. The world simply is what it is, and things happen on it as they happen. It happens that the world provides for our needs – or looked at another way, we have evolved living in the world that is.
As it happens, the world provides not only enough for our needs, but quite a bit extra, which provides something for our wants, in addition to our needs.
I do not envy the rich; I am angry at their greed.