Your RL alignment?

[Dienekes]

I got that impression. Admittedly it tends to be individualist-types like Heinlein and Rand - still, the basic idea is that wealth can be made - it doesn't have to be looted. A factory worker has a much better standard of living than a medieval blacksmith, was one example given.

This is incorrect. Well, ok, depending on the time period. Today? Maybe. During the industrial revolution? Hell no. Medieval underclass had about 5 to 15 years longer life expectancy.