I do not accumulate wealth for selfish reasons however, not saying you suggested that, but the opposite. Good and moral people must seek and accumulate wealth, or only the opposite type of people will. My production and the fruits of it have to be mine too, or I am the slave of others. My production requires my effort, and my effort requires my time. My time is literally my life. I build wealth to better the world through it. The more wealth I have too, the more good I can do with it. The more wealth I have, the more charity I can give to worthy causes.