Everyone is better in the second world than the first. And, of course, that one person splitting $999,000 between six billion people would hardly make any difference at all.
That said, captalism's track record is not that "a rising tide lifts all ships" -- more that "a rising tide lifts the expensive ships and drowns the poor people in dinghys, yachts and schooners."
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Date: 2004-08-13 02:10 am (UTC)That said, captalism's track record is not that "a rising tide lifts all ships" -- more that "a rising tide lifts the expensive ships and drowns the poor people in dinghys, yachts and schooners."