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I think the natural consequence of capitalism is the formation of opolies- monopoly, duopoly, oligopoly, which strangle the communities they operate in and cause a growing disparity between those who have and those who don't. Professions work to protect themselves- lawyer, doctor, vet, accountant etc and maintain a high standard of living at the expense of every one else. My suspicion is that our economies in the western world are rapidly moving to being similar to those of pre revolutionary France where the elite are fabulously wealthy and the rest battle abject poverty. Socially this is extremely dangerous. If governments, the members of which are mainly drawn from the social elite such as the legal profession, don't quickly respond to the inequities there will be momentous changes arise in our communities. We need changes now and if they don't happen the movement for change and equity will be momentous.
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