Making money is neither virtuous nor evil. Money is a tool. It's how you seek it, and what you do with it, that defines you.
For example, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was brought up before, as a virtuous use of wealth. Well, 5% of its assets are distributed in the form of grants each year, some of which do some good (and some of which do significant harm, see recent "reforms" in US education, in which the Foundation has been a huge player), and the other 95% goes to investments in businesses that do a lot of harm, with profit the sole objective.
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