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Originally Posted by dontdrink36
Living paycheck to paycheck in America provides an exponentially higher quality of life than living as an average citizen in communist and socialist countries. I'm not pretending American capitalism is perfect but it's exponentially better than any alternative.
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It does seem pretty good at generating more wealth than other systems, but I think the trend over a long enough period of time is that wealth becomes concentrated in the hands of a small group of people. I think that's where we're at now.
I'm also unconvinced that it's better than any alternative.