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Comment by eru

2 months ago

What does any of this have to do with capitalism?

Have you ever seen a succession struggle in eg any old monarchy?

Capitalism is a system that allows people to make wealth based on trade. The winners in this game are the people at the top of the hierarchy. All these type A billionaires are the ultimate winners of the game. Zuck is a winner.

In communism the system says there are no winners. Everything needs to be fair.

  • The "system" in this case being the guy at the top who has taken all the power.

    Please feel free to point to the real world exception, because I can't find it.

    • There's plenty of exceptions. PR China just after Deng was a good exception, and so was the Soviet Union after Stalin.

      But they were only exception in the lame technical sense that you didn't have a single 'guy at the top' in charge, but a sharing of power by eg something like the Politburo.

  • > In communism the system says there are no winners. Everything needs to be fair.

    I'm glad you take them at their word. May I interest you in some beach front property?

    In any case, there's plenty more systems than just these two.