"I'm a Capitalist. I have no problem taking profits from a private company and redistributing wealth to people who vote for my political party."

Ahem. CCP donations ... cough.

The upper crust of Communism is an extreme form of Capitalism without morality. Klepto-Capitalism -- Corporations are a good example of Klepto-Capitalism too but also nearly every instance of socialist program, no matter how accepted (VA, Social Security, public school, business tax credits/benefits police and fire departments have some element of Klepto-Socialism cooked in. I know die-hard "Capitalism is Lyfe" Ayn Rand quoting libertarians that tell me I'm stupid for not taking advantage of government programs credits and benefits I would be eligible for. Things they take advantage of for profit, more than for need.

Like if the big dog is skimming the top with his big paws, surely a little dog with smaller paws ought to be able to do some skimming and its not that bad. Everyone elses' fault for endorsing a bad socialist system. It should fail if it is not a good system. Capitalism. But participation is consent. Now we got millions of little paws skimming away and millions of little moral compasses not quite pointing true north and that's the real cost of hypocrisy.

This country has a hypocrisy problem that makes people way too wishy washy in the way they think.

Sorry that turned into a little mini-rant, not even sure I stayed on topic.

Bidens a cunt.

chairman buy'd-in is NOT a capiltalist

I have come to the conclusion that all 'isms are flawed, theoretical constructs. I used to believe in capitalism but now see that it has issues. It starts off OK when you are all poor and are trying to drag yourselves out of poverty but soon something happens.

We get figures like John D Rockefeller who strike it big. They become richer than many countries and that gives them extre,e power. People being what they are they might use that power to their personal advantage. At that point I believe that capitalism goes off the rails.

Instead of using capitalism to encourage small scale innovation and entrepreneurship it encourages huge scams. In Rockefeller's case he went into his father's business of selling quack medicines. He used his wealth to buy into pharmaceutical companies, rewrite medical textbooks and finance medical schools that would promote his potions.

Look what happened with the COVID-19 jabs. Wealthy capitalists just played the system to maximise their profits.

It is difficult to know how to fix things because if you are rich then you can employ experts to hide all your money if it needs to be hidden. That is where the "own nothing but control everything" mantra comes from. Set up foundations and give all your money away - but retain control over it so the foundation can still pay you a large salary, own property, pay for travel and accomodation etc.

In his world, taking bribes from communists is what passes for capitalism.

Like the big pharma corporations?