We need a new hero

But yes- I agree that people whine but it's the bottom of the pyramid that feeds the top. Fear of losing what little we have is what keeps people fun Elon money into the pockets of the richest. "I don't have a choice." There's always a choice, if you don't like the consequences and chose the choice you find morally repugnant but convenient that's who you are. Own it and move on.

I know they have power. Politicians do shitty things. I know how evil some corporations can be. I am just saying that these statistics are stupid. The conclusion some people reach based on these statistics are also stupid. These people are rich because they are engaging in the market and provide a useful or necessary product or service. Many of them are not evil people. Many of them help others, create useful products and services, employ people, pay taxes, contribute to the society and so on. Wealth is distributed based on two main things, resources and entrepreneurship. Obviously there are some people who gather wealth through theft, rent, and other types of evil deeds.

Many of these people are rich because they are doing a good job. What do you think happens if Windows vanished tomorrow? or other operating systems, cloud-based systems, security systems. All of these are useful and necessary. However, I emphasize that these statistics are meaningless. Let me give you some other examples of these stats: 95 percent of oil and gas in the world is controlled by a handful of countries; 95 percent of wine production is controlled by two or three countries. The majority of gold in the world is in India. Who freaking cares? Resources are distributed randomly. Many billionaires are living in America because this country has given them the opportunities to become what they are.

The solution is not to steal money from them, restrict them or make them poor. Think of ways to make other poor people wealthy. Stop thinking backwards. And the last thing, if you want to provide important stats find out how much money dictators of the world steal from their own people. How much Russian oligarchs have stolen from people. What is the make up of these poor people? why are they poor? because of their governments or because of the lack of resources in their countries? Who is helping them or at least trying to help them? What are some of the most evil corporations in the world and why? How can we boycott them to make them pay?

Another thing: politicians and governments have power to do evil things because people give them power. Nowadays American people are rooting for the government, they want the government to become more powerful. Who the hell helped the banks again when they fucked the economy of the world? Many people have two conflicting thoughts at the same time and I don't know how they can maintain that: government and politicians are helping their friends in big corporations make more money, the solution is to give the government more power to control corporations, raise taxes and get more money and power

We seem to be mostly in agreement. My only contention with your point was that as written, I read your original post to be questioning the idea that those corporations held power, and not questioning the reader as to where they think the source of that power lies. My apologies. Re reading it again it makes more sense to read it that way. It is rather a rather silly circle. People fear the wealthy or corporations have too much power, so they go to a government made up of the same people they are afraid of, then give those people more power in hopes they'll stop themselves. I agree that the world is created by individuals, and our individual choices shape the world. The stock market is not a living creature but people speak of it and other institutions as though they have free will of their own. They're just the collection of the wills of many people. Their actions reflect those wills. Sometimes the only way to win is to not play.

Thanks and I was speaking generally, didn't mean to offend you or anyone.