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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago (12 children)

When trying to achieve equality, it takes far less work to drag one group down than to lift another group up to an equal level.

This is the crux of why Communism typically achieved worse outcomes than other systems.

[–] domdom@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, eliminating hyper greed will result is less hoarded wealth. So uh yeah, one guy won't own 7 mansions.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, that's the part that hasn't happened historically. Usually it turns into eat the middle class.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago

Because with capitalism we have such a large middle class now.

[–] sederx@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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