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Originally Posted by cleanspeed1
Many folks were disappeared during the incubation process of implementing Uncle Milty's principles, and the rich got richer while the poor got poorer.
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The rich getting richer, and the poor getting poorer is in the nature of capitalism. "Equality of result" is unattainable, no matter how extensive and intrusive any socialist redistribution scheme my be. In itself, the disparity between "rich" and "poor" is not an inherent problem or even a cause for social unrest, as most capitalist countries have not succumbed to violence or bloody revolution. It's only a problem
when the middle class is scant or non-existent.
However, capitalism is not always instilled at the point of a gun; your example notwithstanding, it rarely is. Nor can "Uncle Milty's principles" be blamed for the actions chosen by a tinhorn dictator. An authoritarian dictator will aspire to, and become a dictator, no matter what his preferred economic ideology is. (BTW, your Leftist leanings are showing.)
"Rich" and "poor" are relative concepts.
"The poor will always be with us."