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Originally Posted by papill0n
how can socialism ever truly exist when already we have a situation where so few have so much
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Papill0n, under a free market system, it doesn't matter how much $$$ the people "on top" have. It doesn't matter at all.
Who the fuck cares how much money they have? Bill Gates is a BILLIONAIRE. In what way does that fact prevent you (or anyone else) from going out, working hard, and making your own fortune?
You are assuming there's a limited amount of pie. Under a free market, it's not about re-distributing a limited amount of pie -- it's about making and selling more pies.
Bill Gates made and sold LOTS of pie. But that didn't keep Mark Zuckerberg from going out, producing a different kind of pie -- and making his own fortune. In fact, it could be argued that the Bill Gates paved the way for Zuckerberg to do what he did. Without PCs there could be no Facebook.
The fact is... success and wealth breeds MORE success and wealth.
Redistribution only squanders it.
