Does America Have Capitalist Stockholm Syndrome?

Luxman

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"The really strange thing about today is that most of the people who leap to capitalism’s defense fastest and most furiously…aren’t capitalists. And they never will be. They can’t be. Just 10% of America owns stocks, and even less owns bonds. Even less — maybe 1%, if that — make enough money from capital(selling stuff/services or self employment) to call it their main income. And their incomes are shrinking, at a record pace. So the Rick’s **** of the world have never made enough money from capital income to live off it, and that’s why they’ll never really retire. They don’t send their **** to school with capital gains. They don’t pay for skyrocketing healthcare bills by liquidating trust funds. They’re just average wage-earning schmoes, like the rest of us. And yet despite the fact that they’re not capitalists and never will be, they’re also exactly the ones who defend capitalism most."

All ideologies or "ism's" are flawed, there has to be a balance between “traditional values” and “progressive ideas”, too far in either direction and the system becomes more corrupt.

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