AI Twitter debates: does free market capitalism survive when the top 1% consumes 99%?
ctjlewis · x · 2026-09-28
@doomslide asks: if 99% of consumption comes from the top 1% of households, is free market capitalism pointless — why not split society by wealth and run an efficient centrally planned utopia for the top? @ctjlewis replies that this is "exactly their plan" and ties it to the notion of a "permanent underclass."
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