I've been trying to sort out why the idea of passive income annoys me so much, despite hating the argument “Everyone has to work to contribute to society”. I hate that argument because it's stupid and I think some people should be able to be supported by the rest of society (for example disabled people who can't work).
For some reason the idea of someone acquiring enough stocks or real estate to retire and make passive income really bothers me. I think I finally figured out why this isn't a contradiction.
I think people should be able to survive and be happy without working, but I don't think it's right that people can keep accumulating more and more wealth just by nature of already having it. Is this a bad take? Is there a better way to describe this distinction so it doesn't feel like cognitive dissonance?