>>94437016>Yes it is, it's called voting with your dollar.>>94437049>Yes, history is replete with examples of extremely wealthy men thinking money is power till they get slapped down by the people with actual power.Look, I voted Libertarian for years, but most observation and research indicates this line of thinking is bullshit.
Most people aren't educated and rational enough to "vote with their dollar" but just impulse buy shit without thinking.
This kicker is that people both vote and buy like idiots making both government and business ruled with idiotic and irrational whims so they're not that different from each other and neither is ruled by even rational self-interest, instead both are more likely by hysteria and ignorance, so you're likely screw either way. You can't count on the free market or government to save you.
Government today are usually actually controlled by capitalist oligarchs whether you're a Democrat or Republican. But government and wealthy families also work together to just out and out steal taxpayer money. These groups are usually the same small group of powerful people whether they call themselves "government" or "business" and the idea that there's a division is bullshit.
Chances are if you're reading this you're not "one of them" and never will be so you will never benefit much from the way the system is set up and probably won't see your innovation, hard work, STEM skills and education, etc. ever actually pay off for you, it will instead be siphoned from you by the political and business elite, who are all the same people. You're porbably lying to yourself that it means anything like I used to.
We all just need to suck it up and accept we'll all keep getting screwed if we want to be honest with ourselves, I guess.
