This is not an age old question but a recent one (from an anthropological perspective). The natural circumstance of birth into a tribe means that we ARE entitled to survival resources acquired by the communal effort. I would say that it's exceedingly rare to come across someone who understands that our economy is a machine that transforms natural energy into human survival energy aka HUMAN LIFE. All money is an abstraction of human life. There are places in the world where a dollar IS the difference between a humans life and death. I kind of get off on the wendy's value menu from this perspective. Makes a dollar cheeseburger luxuriously decadent to consider the last bite as someones last breath.
People aren't wonderful. They survive according to rules and those rules condition behavior. I find it interesting how often karma is mentioned in connection to "goodness". I mean, to me, the whole concept of worrying about punishment or reward is just a maturation of the santa claus scenario. I mean the idea of a force that balances our desired conditions with our actions is absurd. Why repeat such pablum?
Dumb topic anyhow. I mean, like wia is gonna base her actions on this thread?