&gt;&gt;It is impossible for one person to make a billion dollar 747. One man simply doesn&#x27;t have enough intelligence or strength to do construct such a sophisticated device.<p>Yet its easily possibly possibly to start working towards and move in that direction. That&#x27;s how anything big ever built, was built.<p>&gt;&gt;Thus why is it possible for one man to make a billion dollars in paper money but it is not possible for one man to make a billion dollar 747?<p>Because any big thing company, individual wealth or 747 is built on a concept that works similar to stamina. You don&#x27;t run a marathon on day 1. It takes a good deal of work over years to make a billion dollars.<p>Ever wondered why some people are so good at saving money even in stifling financial conditions and then make smart investment decisions? Such people have already tried a lot, failed a lot and have a lot of mental stamina and cache of knowledge in their brains which helps them succeed above people who have far better sources of money but have a equally bad spending habits.<p>&gt;&gt;Billionaires exist only because the paper money was taken from the wealth produced by other people.<p>Its a symbiosis. But where you want to belong is really upto you. You now have two options a) to work 20 hours a day, be a god programmer, get a job at wall street, make a few millions and retire. b) take life as usual, work 9-5 and be a commoner.<p>People who take the option a) are not evil. They only have better priorities than you.<p>&gt;&gt;wealth inequality is a feature of capitalism<p>Capitalism offers freedom to chose priorities. And that independence is hard to handle for a lot of people.<p>&gt;&gt;it is fundamentally unfair because it is taken from others.<p>Nothing is taken from others. If you think about it very carefully, capitalism gives you what you want. Based on how you look at it and what kind of a person you are, it can be very good or terribly bad news.