I guess if you think about it that way then everything is luck and we live in a deterministic world where none of your choices matter.

Except IQ is one of the largest predictors of wealth. as well as certain personality traits. (Openness, Consciousness and extraversion). Also this might shock you but as you move up in percentile income your average hours worked goes up

It doesn’t explain every single case, inherited wealth, people that won the lottery, etc. But to explain away every single person that’s wealthier than you as luckier than you is delusional.

On the false preposition that an air duct is hiding Hamas.

Capital is more like stored labour. The first ever capital was just a starp stick or spear. Someone spent labour and it resulted in a more productive way to hunt animals. This almost immediately would’ve resulted in inequality as the spear hunter caught more game. It’s not that the capital was taking anything from the labourer, it’s actually that capital and labour work really well together and humans are more productive with capital.

You’re also taking a snapshot of the most regulated industry in the US. Building high rises is illegal in huge swaths of urban areas. Before we say the free market isn’t providing an answer cab we actually try it? I’m talking removing exclusionary zoning, speeding up the permit process and reducing the power of local action committees, and reforming the broken heritage process that’s used by rich people to keep their areas from densifying.

The long-term trend is that the average person’s income is rising but we’ve seen recent declines due to high inflation. Can you expand on your line of thinking? I’m not sure I follow your reasoning.

Most households living below the poverty line have at least one unemployed person, so giving people jobs is pulling them out of poverty. Whether or not they are treated fairly at work and are satisfied with their working conditions is another story.

What do you think he’s saying here?

You didn’t read the article you linked. Walter Block is anti-slavery as it violates the non-aggression-principle.

This is not at all a debate in libertarianism. Libertarians recognize the role of a limited small government to protect individual rights. Like please pull up one example of this debate going on in a libertarian subreddit.