I'm not sure I agree with the idea that pro poker players are moochers. Them existing often means that others can have a game of poker thus they provide entertainment (even if some/most of their opponents don't see it as entertainment). If you agree with that then you can extend that to all professionals that provide entertainment: sports people, actors, tv personalities etc. Could we do without them? Sure we could but they do provide some sort of social value to some people if not everyone.
I guess the point I'm making is that someone somewhere may get value out of a 'moocher' even if society at large doesn't think the 'moocher' provide value.
Similarly most forms of investments are done for mainly for financial reasons by the person with the money to invest. Is this mooching? The jobs they create would suggest that it provides some sort of social value.
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