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18. Agreed. And power control. Money to own and control the corporations and institutions we all depend on

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 03:27 PM

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You build a company, you own it, you control it.
But if at some point you get so rich that it lets you buy 4 or 5 other companies, or 10 or 20…then what are you being rewarded for? If you built a nice car company or delivery company, and you get rewarded by being able to also buy a social media company or a newspaper, what did you do to deserve to have control over those institutions? Let alone control over the government?

The simplistic notions used to praise capitalism in our childhood upbringing become more and more absurd, when control over vast reaches of enterprise across many industries is in the hands of the same not-so-big club of people who coordinate their activities and their political spending.

One day we all wake up on a spaceship, being charged for the air we breathe.

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