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[โ€“] flashgnash@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

That's not capitalism that's just greed, one is an economic system the other is human nature that'll come out in any society

[โ€“] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The problem is that NutWrench is wrong, here. Wealth disparity shrank during the Soviet system and was higher before and after it, while median wages rose and GDP rapidly grew.