I think I might not be wise enough to engage here. I’m sorry for wasting your time.

I think we agree about the inevitable consequence of capitalism. To me the text also suggested that capitalism is a disgusting socioeconomic system. I’m confused because it sounds like we’re saying the same thing.

I’m also not saying I agree with everything the author says. Some people have very strange and sometimes dangerous takes.

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I guess my take away from that part was the author trying to explain what people at the time thought and was trying to give us context. A historical lens. Not that the author believed it.

To my understanding, part five is a trip down memory lane. That is, it covers a bunch of information on Rockerfeller, The Standard Oil Company, and other industrial giants.

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edit: Aw, picking on the new guy? 🙁 Alright, I guess I can go back to just watching. I admit this has been on my mind a lot. I don’t really want to talk about anything else. I haven’t been able to find anything else that refutes the claims. I’m kind of shook. There’s lots of historical documents sourced. I guess we could argue that the historical documents are wrong?

I don’t know. I guess I believe that it’s not so far fetched that a few of the humans before us were smart enough to know and understand how to gain control of the majority of shares of lots of major supply chain companies. Hell, isn’t JP Morgan still around making decisions with the private banks that print all the money for the US, The Federal Reserve? (Haha! A tie back to the original topic of the thread… kind of.)

It’s not like I can go around in public saying “hey, did you hear that a bunch of investment firms in the US all own majority shares of every major brand, infrastructure company, and each other?”

They’d put me away… 🤡

edit: I’ve come to understand that I am not wise enough to engage here. I’m sorry for wasting everyone’s time. thank you for your patients.