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> need to be part of this transaction at all

Because Capitalism, in essence, is the optimization of one particular group’s ability to alter how people live their lives in a way that transfers the most wealth from the working class.

America’s economy is a house of cards built around financial middlemen.



I think you meant cronyism.


If you can find an example of the former that doesn't devolve in short order into the latter, I think you can "I think you meant" him.

I have looked, and I am still waiting.


Capitalism without cronyism isn't something people would recognize as capitalism.

Americans would probably still decry it as socialism or communism even though it is very far away from those.




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