Re:List of countries by tax revenue to GDP ratio
by yrgulation on Monday October 03, 2022 @07:10AM
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Clogging capital in the hands of a few, with the help of government, is not capitalism. It's an oligarchy. Capitalism means capital should move around, yet it doesn't. It's stuck due to unnatural barriers. A bit like someone else said, corporate socialism.
Re:List of countries by tax revenue to GDP ratio
by feet on Monday October 03, 2022 @08:20AM
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The idealistic capitalism you speak of has never existed, not even in the US which has supposedly been the shining beacon for capitalism. It's a false idea spread to keep people believing that they can "make it" and that no other system could possibly work better. It's an idea spread by think tanks owned by guess who. Capital owners.
Consolidation of capital and property in the hands of a few is the natural state of capitalism, it's been a slight improvement over the consolidation of feudalism.
Capitalist governments are generally captured by capital owners such as in the US. Why would capital owners tax themselves? They want money!
Middle class/working class are not capital owners, even I'd they have an investment account that makes them feel like it