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dalbasal
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Modeling a Wealth Tax
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komali2
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Capitalism has done more to lift people out of poverty than any other system in human history, so it's got that going for it.
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Marx wrote something almost to that effect in the Communist Manifesto. About half the first chapter is intense praise for the advances brought by capitalism.
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Actually that title belongs to the CCP.
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"China's Economic Success Proves the Power of Capitalism"[0] My point still stands.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/rainerzitelmann/2019/07/08/chin...
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Billionaires are not necessary for capitalism.
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I wouldn’t be surprised if billionaires are a one of the many reasons people want to immigrate to America.
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I never said they were. I believe they are merely a symptom of it.
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