Billionaires Against Capitalism

By: Matt Zarb-Cousin

When it comes to making the case against capitalism, billionaires are our best friends.

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is worth in the region of $130 billion, with Forbes reporting that his wealth jumped by over $30 billion in 2018 alone. (Photo by Chris Carroll / Corbis / Getty Images.)

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When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez argued a system that ‘allows billionaires to exist when there are parts of Alabama where people are still getting ringworm because they don’t have access to public health’, she was quick to clarify her perception that the immorality is located not in individual billionaires but in how the economy has been structured. […]

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When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez argued a system that ‘allows billionaires to exist when there are parts of Alabama where people are still getting ringworm because they don’t have access to public health’, she was quick to clarify her perception that the immorality is located not in individual billionaires but in how the economy has been structured. […]

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When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez argued a system that ‘allows billionaires to exist when there are parts of Alabama where people are still getting ringworm because they don’t have access to public health’, she was quick to clarify her perception that the immorality is located not in individual billionaires but in how the economy has been structured. […]

When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez argued a system that ‘allows billionaires to exist when there are parts of Alabama where people are still getting ringworm because they don’t have access to public health’, she was quick to clarify her perception that the immorality is located not in individual billionaires but in how the economy has been structured. […]

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