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Re:Some Rich Americans Are Getting Stimulus ‘Checks’ Averagi... by clairity on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @04:46PM (#22882839)
yes, please. sign me up for all of the above. let's get a fairer, more dynamic economy that discouraging rent-seeking and encourages risk-taking and innovation. wealth concentration is a symptom of a broken, plutocratic system, not a capitalistic one.
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Re:Some Rich Americans Are Getting Stimulus ‘Checks’ Averagi... by joking on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @05:32PM (#22883336)
I would love that, how rent seekers leech the system is not fair.
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Re:Some Rich Americans Are Getting Stimulus ‘Checks’ Averagi... by einpoklum on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @05:33PM (#22883344)
Concentration of wealth characterizes all Capitalist economies - limited concentration as a pre-condition, and an increasing degree of concentration as an ongoing phenomenon and consequence.
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Re:Some Rich Americans Are Getting Stimulus ‘Checks’ Averagi... by clairity on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @07:57PM (#22884614)
yes, i should have been more specific that i meant the excess levels of concentration we see in many so-called capitalistic economies.

edit: should also note that capitalism expects wealth concentration, but it's not a pre-condition.

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