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Capitalism is antithetical to democracy. Capitalism left unchecked will eventually lead to fascism.
The first one is true.
In democracy, the people rule society
In capitalism, the rich rule the economy
The economy always rules society
In a capitalist democracy, society serves two masters. Both opposites. It's inherently unstable because it's self contradicting.
Bro just watched tech billionaires coup the US government and he still doesn't understand the problems with the concentration of wealth.
I'm looking forward to everybody getting red-pilled on Marx in the coming months.