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hackyhackytoday at 2:54 PM1 replyview on HN

Your argument amounts to billionaire apologism and has nothing to do with my comment.

If a supermarket cannot be profitable in a small village, an investor isn't going to change that. The investor will invest in businesses that can be profitable.

> Your deli guy wouldn't have a job if the FoodCo guy hadn't done what he did.

People have had jobs since before civilization, and certainly before massive accumulation of wealth became the norm.


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WalterBrighttoday at 7:10 PM

In capitalist countries, accumulation of wealth comes alongside the prosperity of the rest of the country.

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