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[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ah yes the world richest man and a billionaire president have no financial motives for overthrowing the US gov. Definitely not the fault of the greedy capitalist system

[–] Tja@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

By world richest man you mean Putin or Bin Salman?

[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Pick one it’ll probably be correct anyway

[–] Txmyx -5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, but a functioning democratic system does not allow that.

Any power tripping person could overthrow a country for different reasons (like Hitler for example)

[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Capitalism encourages the break down of the democratic system.

[–] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world -4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 months ago

No, just capitalism is correct. Unbridled or not, the profit incentive and private ownership over the means of production, both of which are intrinsic to a capitalist economic structure, still exist and contribute to systemic oppression.