[pera]

I do agree that in a more fair world there shouldn't be billionaires, but at the same time it is curious that from all the stories posted on this website - where billionaires are making uncountable decisions that have a massive impact in our society - this is the only one where commenters would come to express their discomfort towards this fact of capitalism.

[madsbuch]

> this is the only one where commenters would come to express their discomfort towards this fact of capitalism

Don't conflate an in-equal system with capitalism. That would be untrue and un-wise.

Most people agree that a free market needs to exists in order to uphold a capitalistic system (what is ownership if you can not transfer it?).

You can make free markets that are regulated in a way that ensures that participants are, roughly, equal - in fact there is an argument that a market is not free unless this is the case.

When participants of a market can increase their profit margins it is usually a sign of an ineffcient market - a participant has an advantage that other participants can not compete with.

[mlrtime]

Equal opportunity, not equal outcome, right?

[madsbuch]

That is exactly why we see DMA now: Equal opportunity.

[lobocinza]

When facts go against the narrative that billionaires are bad some feel the urge to rectify. If this story didn't hit the front page they wouldn't care. All is propaganda.