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35. Capitalism is the problem.

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 07:01 PM

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Dress it up or dance around it all you want but the fact is inescapable. What is being described here is simply called capitalism. It is destructive and it doesn’t serve the people. It creates monopolies, it destroys competition, it creates a permanent underclass and a permanent ruling class.

You want to give everyone an equitable society? End capitalism.

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