The ultra-rich own hundreds of trillions of dollars worldwide. Their wealth is unimaginable, yet they remain unsatisfied. Billionaires are content with the system, but they should not be. Even the top one percent, excluding the ultra-rich, should not be content either. The system does not serve them. Instead, it traps them in endless competition, insecurity, and stress. They defend capitalism, yet capitalism does not defend them. Right-wing propaganda blinds them to this reality. It convinces them that their position is earned, that the system is fair, that any challenge to their wealth is an attack on personal freedom. However, the truth is different. In reality, they live in a system designed for the very few, not for them.
Socialism for the rich? The hoarding of wealth
The world’s richest individuals control more money than entire countries. The financial system allows them to extract wealth without producing anything meaningful. Central banks protect them, while governments bail them out. Tax loopholes let them accumulate more. They speak about free markets, yet only for the working class. When their wealth is at risk, they demand government intervention. Socialism exists, yet only for them. Everyone else must struggle to survive within the so-called free market. The one percent, those just below the super-rich, believe they benefit from this system. However, they do not. Their wealth is unstable, and their position is precarious. Despite their illusions, the system does not serve them either. They kind of need socialism for the rich.
The rigged market: Small billionaires vs. multinational corporations
Even small billionaires cannot compete with multinational corporations. The largest companies operate beyond the reach of national laws, leveraging global supply chains and financial loopholes to dominate markets. They do not simply compete. They eliminate competition. A billionaire with a few billion dollars has no real power against a corporate empire with access to governments, central banks, and international trade agreements. The so-called free market does not exist for them either. Instead, the economy is structured so that wealth concentrates in fewer and fewer hands. Those just below the super-rich must constantly fight to maintain their position, knowing that they can be crushed at any moment by corporate giants with deeper pockets and better connections.
Financial institutions as political weapons
Central and private banks do not simply control capital. They dictate political decisions. When a government refuses to follow their interests, they drain the country of capital, devalue its currency, and create economic instability. This is not a conspiracy theory. It is how financial power operates. Nations that attempt independent economic policies face immediate retaliation. Their credit ratings are slashed, their investors flee, their borrowing costs skyrocket. Governments are forced to comply or risk economic collapse. Wealthy individuals, even those within the one percent, have no real influence over these mechanisms. They too are vulnerable to financial institutions that operate beyond their reach. Capitalism is not a fair system, even for them.
Broken capitalism: Contract killing ethics
This system does not even follow the logic of capitalism itself. Traditional capitalist ethics (like contract killing ethics), however flawed, at least required competition, risk, and reward. Modern capitalism operates differently. The largest players use financial institutions, legal loopholes, and political influence to eliminate threats before they arise. Markets are manipulated. Competitors are neutralized. Governments are bought. This is not capitalism in its idealized form. It is a system designed to maintain power, not to reward merit or innovation. Those who defend capitalism as an engine of progress fail to see that it has already abandoned its own principles. Even those at the top, unless they are among the ultra-elite, are merely tools within this structure, disposable when no longer needed.
Right-wing lunacy: Why billionaires should not be content?
In theory, billionaires should feel fulfilled. They have everything, yet they do not. Money is no longer about security or comfort. Instead, it becomes about power, status, and control. They cannot stop accumulating because they fear irrelevance. No amount of money is enough. The competition never ends. They must expand or be overtaken. Ideally, they should recognize that they are trapped. They should see that the system forces them into endless accumulation. However, they do not. They are brainwashed. Right-wing ideology tells them that wealth is the ultimate measure of success. It tells them that redistribution is theft, that taxation is slavery, that government regulation is oppression. These ideas justify their hoarding. Without them, they would have to admit the truth. The system is broken, even for them.
The fragility of power
Extreme wealth does not bring security. Instead, it brings fear. The more a billionaire owns, the more they must protect. They do not own their wealth. Instead, their wealth owns them. They fund media outlets, think tanks, and political campaigns to ensure the system does not change. They fear the public, economic crashes, new competitors, and losing control. Their lives are dominated by this fear. They must constantly manipulate, maneuver, and strategize to stay on top. Retirement is not an option. The game never stops. Even the one percent, those with millions rather than billions, experience this. They cannot walk away. They must fight to stay relevant, to protect their wealth, and to avoid falling back into the masses. Their money does not free them. Rather, it chains them to an economic system that devours everything in its path.
The social isolation of the rich
The wealthy live in isolation. The more money they have, the more disconnected they become. Genuine relationships are impossible. Everyone around them has an agenda. Every interaction is transactional. They cannot trust friendships, marriages, or even family. Their wealth distorts everything. They surround themselves with yes-men who reinforce their worldview, hear only what they want to hear. They have power, yet no real connection. This is not success. Nor is it freedom. The one percent, those just below the ultra-rich, also suffer from this. They believe they are different, yet they are not. They too live in a world of financial insecurity, where relationships are shaped by power and money. The system isolates them just as it isolates billionaires. They defend it without realizing it is the source of their misery.
The illusion of freedom
Capitalism presents itself as a system of freedom. It is not. The wealthy are not free. Instead, their lives are dictated by markets, corporations, and financial obligations. They cannot simply walk away. The system forces them to expand, to grow, and to compete. If they stop, they lose. They should reject this. They should demand a system where wealth does not demand endless accumulation.
However, they do not. Right-wing ideology convinces them that freedom means the absence of government control. It convinces them that taxation is oppression, that economic regulations are tyranny. In reality, their wealth is what enslaves them. They live under constant pressure, forced to maintain their status, their businesses, and their power. Even the one percent, those just below the billionaires, are trapped in this system. They are told they are the winners, yet they are merely higher up on the same economic ladder. The ladder leads nowhere. The climb never ends.
Right-wing fairy tale: Evolutionary psychology and ideologies
Ideologies do not emerge from reason. Instead, they come from deep-seated psychological instincts. Human beings evolved in hierarchical societies. In early human groups, dominance hierarchies determined survival. Those at the top justified their power through myths, religion, and ideological constructs. The same instincts drive political and economic ideologies today. Right-wing ideology appeals to these instincts. It tells those in power that their dominance is natural. It tells them that those below them are weak, unworthy, and a threat to stability. Somehow it convinces them that inequality is inevitable, that competition is essential, and that redistribution is dangerous.
Prehistorical instincts
Capitalism thrives on these instincts. It rewards aggression, hoarding, and status-seeking. It punishes cooperation, empathy, and long-term stability. Right-wing propaganda taps into this evolutionary framework. It tells the wealthy that they have earned their position. Also, it tells them that government regulation is oppression. It turns taxation into theft, social programs into dependency, and redistribution into an existential threat. It conditions them to see themselves as the rightful rulers of society. They internalize these beliefs and they repeat them. They fight for a system that does not serve them, they are conditioned to believe that rejecting capitalism would mean chaos, collapse, and disorder.
Even the one percent outside the billionaire class fall into this ideological trap. They see themselves as part of the ruling class. However, they are not. They are expendable, just like everyone else. Their loyalty to capitalism does not protect them from economic downturns, from financial crises, or from the shifting forces of the market. They are convinced they are on the winning side, but they are not. They are merely tools of a system that will discard them the moment they stop being useful. The ideology they defend is not rational. It is an evolutionary remnant, a psychological construct that blinds them to the reality of their own position. Until they see this, they will continue fighting for a system that does not serve them.
Socialism for the rich: Why even the one percent should reject this system?
Millionaires are not free. They are not secure. Instead, they are disposable. They live under the same system that forces everyone else to compete endlessly. Their wealth does not protect them from market crashes, from corporate takeovers, or from the unpredictability of global capitalism. They work brutal hours, sacrifice their health, their families, and their personal lives ad they do this to maintain a position that is inherently unstable and they should not defend this system. They should reject it. However, they do not. The rich believe they are part of the elite. And they are not. The rich tools. They serve the system until they are no longer useful. Their loyalty to capitalism will not save them when the system no longer needs them. The moment they fall behind, they will be discarded. Just like everyone else.
The need for a new system
The economic order must change. Wealth should not demand endless accumulation. Power should not come from financial control. Even billionaires should recognize this. Even the one percent should recognize this. They should not defend a system that forces them to compete forever. They should not protect an ideology that isolates them, that makes them fearful, and that keeps them chained to an economic machine that demands more and more without end. Even for the rich, there must be socialism for the rich.
The solution is not simple wealth redistribution. Instead, it is systemic change. The world does not need a handful of trillionaires while millions suffer. It does not need an economic elite that spends its life hoarding what it will never use. It needs balance, security, and a system where wealth does not demand control. Billionaires should reject this type of capitalism capitalism. Millionaires should reject this type of capitalism capitalism. If they understood the full consequences of their ideology, they would. However, they do not. They are trapped. They are blind. Until they wake up, they will continue serving a system that does not serve them.
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