> How does someone having wealth stop anyone else from acquiring theirs?
The wealthy person (a) does not need a 9-5 job to subsist and can devote all their time to a launching a business, (b) has a lower tax burden via capital gains, (c) can afford to fail multiple times, (d) can buy their way into a top school if they don't get in on merit, (e) tends to have better family connections, (f) etc.
Then the question is then whether startups exist in a competitive environment, which of course is true. Tech, and the web especially, often approaches a zero-sum game.
"Tech, and the web especially, often approaches a zero-sum game."
Why do you think that? Since 2000, how many brand-new companies and brand-new industries have been created, from scratch? Doesn't look very zero-sum to me.
The wealthy person (a) does not need a 9-5 job to subsist and can devote all their time to a launching a business, (b) has a lower tax burden via capital gains, (c) can afford to fail multiple times, (d) can buy their way into a top school if they don't get in on merit, (e) tends to have better family connections, (f) etc.
Then the question is then whether startups exist in a competitive environment, which of course is true. Tech, and the web especially, often approaches a zero-sum game.