Here&#x27;s an interesting question, even though I myself don&#x27;t know the societal welfare impacts of trading.<p>Suppose for a moment the value traders create is real.  Like the trader making $X a year also creates $X of value (like a farmer that works hard&#x2F;smart to plant 10 times the number of potatoes as his neighbor).  How would that make you feel?  Would we accept that that was even possible?