You can't stop some people from working harder or smarter than others, or saving money instead of spending everything they make. Those people will accumulate wealth far faster over time.
That is where you are mistaken. The people who will accumulate wealth the fastest over time are the people who already have wealth.
Even statistical anomalies like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs got more money, once they became slightly rich, from the capital they owned than from the work they produced.
Only because they didn't consume their capital, they kept it reinvested, and kept working. There have been thousands of business owners who could have become billionaires, but traded too much of their equity for a big house and expensive distractions.
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