They don't have to balls to think for themselves.
this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2024
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Interesting question. I don't think I've ever defended either. I've also only lived in capitalist countries, so I have no personal experience with other economic systems.
what if it was me
There's no defending billionaires, it's a mental illness that has not yet been adopted into the dsm. But capitalism itself isn't pure evil incarnate. Capitalism has some very clear upsides and downsides, like any other political and economical system. The current version of capitalism has strayed very far from the original idea though and has become very problematic. It's the same discussion as "guns kill people" and someone else goes "actually... it's the people who operate the guns...".
Brainwashing.
Some people think they are part of the club, rest don't know better