Too much inequality in society is a mortal danger to 1%.

That’s the beauty of the democratic capitalism system. If a government isn’t totalitarian, it naturally seeks to preserve stability thus having to elevate common people, lest they would cease to form a civilized group or simply vote away the politicians.

99% rule the 1% through elections.

There is no better system of checks and balances where opposite engines of greed vector sum to faster and faster abundance for everyone.

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willguest 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

perfect playback! congratulations, you are a model citizen

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TimTheTinker an hour ago | parent [-]

Is HN now against western capitalism? I'm confused...

That comment may have been overly preachy, tone deaf[0], and out of place, but it doesn't seem wrong, per se. Or am I missing something?

[0] e.g. elections themselves are so prone to manipulation (exhibit a: Dominion voting machines), previously trusted institutions now lack integrity, the insane power of well-funded NGO networks, etc.

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mrandish 8 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

> Is HN now against western capitalism?

I think that's a (very) vocal minority.

I think most of the HN community broadly realizes there is no perfect system, just different sets of trade offs, but understands history has shown generally democratic systems built on enlightenment values like uniform rule of law, respect for individual civil & property rights and free markets usually net better overall outcomes in the long-run - despite the fact they are still very far from perfect.

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, it's the worst system... except for all the others (which are even worse). :-)

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hnhg an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I would guess it seems very naïve to the overly cynical. And in 2026, being overly cynical is rather mainstream (understandably so).

	▲	senordevnyc a minute ago \| parent [-]
		Bingo. There’s a certain type who confuses cynicism with intelligence, probably because they fear nothing so much as appearing naive or gullible.

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BatFastard 44 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

I fear western capitalism has lost its guide rails. We are seeing more and more centralization of wealth, along with unlimited election spending. Its a dark path.

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ciefa 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I mean there are more than enough countries on earth kinda proving you wrong, no?

	▲	ciefa 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		(This comment was written before your edit, so no longer valid! :D)

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brador an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

They’ll just start bopping the 99% out the picture until the 1% is 51%.