Those are two completely different arguments though. If the argument was, "CEO's should keep the money they earn" and then the other argument was "athletes should be taxed at a higher rate, they dont deserve their money".
Then I could see the argument you're trying to make. But you are talking about two very different things here. I dont know if you're trying to make this a race thing or not, but I think the better comparison is,
Athletes we care as much about your opinion on political or social issues as much as some random dude on the street. You aren't very wealthy and famous because of your superior intellect or knowledge, its because youre tall and fast.
Actors we care as much about your opinion on political or social issues as much as some random dude on the street. You aren't very wealthy and famous because of your superior intellect or knowledge, its because youre good at playing pretend.
Whether its a CEO or an athlete, actor, musician or whatever. If you provide a service or product that obviously has a massive value, good on you, you deserve whatever monetary value you get in return. I cant stand Jeff Bezos, or Zuckerberg, but both created a product that obviously had a major monetary value, they deserve the money they got. Im not a fan of Lebron James, but people pay hundreds of dollars to watch him play basketball, people pay hundreds of dollars to buy his shoes, people watch his every move. He deserves all the money he has.