@SOMALI GENERAL lazy losers seldom stay lazy losers
successful wealth generators seldom stay wealth generators
what you get is societal gentry vs. a cycle of poverty. you can be all for capitalism but meritocracies don't regulate themselves; there's always an outside force that acts on it. only fools believe that's still a concept. also wealth generation sometimes lives off the premise that wealth in any way shape or form trickles down - a facade. what wealth generates is job creation and fiscal responsibility on the part of institutions and governments. a few people getting rich does not elevate a standard for others over a long period of time. and as long as wealth can be distributed among kin, it absolves the concepts of meritocracies.
what you get is one generation of hardworking and relatively successful people and subsequent generations of lazy, lackadaisical policies that benefit the families and social circles those prominent people belong to. this is the way it has happened since the age of industrialization and beyond so i don't quite see why we debate this.
absolute socialism is a sham, unfettered capitalism is a prison.