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Re:The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all U... by oliv__ on Monday October 18, 2021 @12:42PM (#28907541)
No it's not. Those 10% are all independent actors with individual and private interests.

I'd much rather the economy be controlled by the top 10% of a productive society than by the 1% of a bureaucratic structure.

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Re:The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all U... by kazen44 on Monday October 18, 2021 @01:48PM (#28908333)
and the former Soviet union wasn't a system with independent actors with their own interests?

people seem to think the Soviet economy was ran by a single person decided everything about the economy. while in practice its actual implementation was rife with personal and organizational infighting to reach Stated or unstated goals.

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Re:The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all U... by imtringued on Monday October 18, 2021 @02:56PM (#28909877)
How about we let more than 10% control the economy? One would think that the ideal of a free market at least exists to involve as many participants as possible.
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