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Serious question: could artists potentially be the sole exception to the rule that it’s impossible to morally become a billionaire?

Someone being a billionaire is often considered immoral because in order to amass that much money, they basically have to exploit/underpay a bunch of people below them in a hierarchical environment. But what about artists who are able to produce a functionally unlimited number of their creation, like a digital song, or an e-book? Could someone theoretically make something that got so popular and made so much money, that they could morally accumulate a billion dollars? This thought experiment came up in a conversation a while ago, and I'd love to hear some other people's opinions.


Someone being a billionaire is often considered immoral because in order to amass that much money, they basically have to exploit/underpay a bunch of people below them in a hierarchical environment.

But what about artists who are able to produce a functionally unlimited number of their creation, like a digital song, or an e-book? Could someone theoretically make something that got so popular and made so much money, that they could morally accumulate a billion dollars?

This thought experiment came up in a conversation a while ago, and I'd love to hear some other people's opinions.

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