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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

That's wishful thinking, in world history there's always been who is on top, and in general the conditions of people are far better than in the past, thanks to (or despite of) capitalism

Wealth redistribution is sign of a mature society as well as punishing who abuses societal rules for private gains

Some societies are, in many ways, more mature than others, and western society aren't much better that eastern ones, despite what we like to think, they just value different things, including status symbols, and being better off than the average, when this is left unchecked... It causes problems, to the point where it is not possible any more to control it

And here we are