u/King_Lothar_

You cannot have a system where a vast majority of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of an extremely small number of billionaires without it becoming an oligarchy.

There must be some kind of regulation for the system to prevent the accumulation of such levels of wealth. It's insane to me how effective the propaganda in the US has been at convincing people to white knight for billionaires.

They will inevitably lobby, bribe, or rig the system in their favor every time if left unchecked. We know, we have the data that shows politics follows the whims of the top 1% more closely than any other demographic by a very significant margin.

It's just truly baffling that people living paycheck to paycheck or who are just well off enough to be comfortable will scream and cry how unfair it is if you attempt to tax these people or hold them accountable. Defending billionaires who literally would not hesitate a second to cut your pay, benefits, pension, price gouge the fuck out of you, lobby the government against your best intrests, pollute your neighborhood for a 1% profit hike etc etc.

These people don't give a fuck about the well being of normal people and will actively sabotage your quality of life just so they can have more and more and more. Stop white knighting for them.