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Re:Jack Welch, the Man Who Broke Capitalism (2022) by otikik on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @11:02AM (#44444611)
I don't think I agree.

If I read an article that titled "this NGO is distributing food and medical aid to the refugees of the conflict" and then on the body of the article I find out that a single guy got all the supplies and the rest got nothing, I would consider the title very misleading.

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Re:Jack Welch, the Man Who Broke Capitalism (2022) by ben_w on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @11:25AM (#44444901)
A single guy?

I'd count that as a sorites problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorites_paradox

But the distribution for wealth under capitalism isn't "one" person, and capitalism wouldn't work if it was, because nobody else could buy anything with the money, and therefore everyone else would invent a new currency or barter, and then all the money which that one person has would be worthless.

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Re:Jack Welch, the Man Who Broke Capitalism (2022) by otikik on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @11:47AM (#44445171)
Depending on the size of the imaginary conflict, "a single guy" could very well be right.

https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/richest-1-bag-nearly...

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