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Not a problem exclusive to socialism. Capitalism has plenty of very obvious such examples. Amazon is clearly taking in a lot more money than it is giving its workers or the govt. Bezos and others of his ilk can contribute more to taxes, but don't, they evade them all thanks to legal loopholes and still receive govt benefits.
Maybe true for smaller companies. I doubt Musk, Bezos, Sundar Pichai, Zuckerberg or similars even work 40h a week. MAYBE they did, many years ago. Nowadays? Doubtful.
Do you really think that a single person's work can be worth more than 1000x the work of someone else? To put some perspective: someone who earns 20 million a year is the equivalent of having a hourly salary of ~10,500. What kind of miraculous, one-of-a-kind work is worth that? Bezos doesn't know how "every aspect of the company operates", nor do any CEO of any megacorp. Or, to give a better example, no general or field marshal knows "every aspect" of the platoons and soldiers under his command, they rely almost entirely on his subordinates' reports, which may embellish or hide details.
Except when it's taken out of the workers' paycheck who get fired to ensure those above don't lose their bonuses