Being rich is a good thing. Not just in the obvious sense of benefitting you and your family, but in the broader sense. Profits are not a zero sum game. The more you make, the more of a financial impact you can have.

The remark frames wealth not merely as private comfort but as a tool for wider agency. By rejecting a “zero-sum” view of profits, it implies that value creation in markets can expand the overall pie—through investment, job creation, innovation, and philanthropy—so that one person’s gains need not require another’s loss. The final sentence shifts from moral defense to practical consequence: higher earnings increase one’s capacity to fund ventures, support causes, and influence outcomes. Implicitly, it also argues against guilt-by-success narratives, positioning responsible wealth accumulation as potentially socially beneficial when paired with constructive deployment of capital.