With this narrow definition nearly any income is “immoral”. If everyone became a heart surgeon society would grind to a halt as well.
The amount of labor, active or passive, isn’t really relevant in an absolute sense. It’s about meeting society’s demands.
I happily pay for electricity that is fully generated by machines. Yet if everyone built solar or wind we’d be fucked.
Your argument is really trying to push the “income without direct labor is immoral” narrative. But there is nothing there to really support it other than an example of a massive imbalance wiping out society, which is not specific to labor.
The amount of labor, active or passive, isn’t really relevant in an absolute sense. It’s about meeting society’s demands.
I happily pay for electricity that is fully generated by machines. Yet if everyone built solar or wind we’d be fucked.
Your argument is really trying to push the “income without direct labor is immoral” narrative. But there is nothing there to really support it other than an example of a massive imbalance wiping out society, which is not specific to labor.