Tag: capitalism
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Inherited wealth, little innovation, lower taxes?
Capitalism has always been sold as a system of competition. The idea appears straightforward. Anyone with talent, determination, and a good idea can build a successful business. Consumers choose the best products. Inefficient companies disappear. New inventions replace old ones, while every entrepreneur has an opportunity to challenge the market leaders. Wealth, in this view,…
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Even the Pope can be sometimes right
I am not only an atheist, but I also dispute central tenets of Christianity. I believe neither in a theistic nor a deistic God, and I also have serious doubts that Jesus Christ existed as a historical figure. In my opinion, he either did not exist at all, or the figure is based on someone…
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Why revolutions always end in corruption
Revolutions begin with moral outrage. People rise because they believe society has become intolerably unjust. They see corruption, inequality, oligarchic control, repression, poverty, censorship, police brutality, foreign domination, or complete institutional decay. Consequently, revolutionary movements emerge with enormous emotional energy. At first, revolutions appear morally pure. Crowds gather in streets believing they fight for freedom,…
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Why capitalism mirrors feudalism
Modern capitalism presents itself as the triumph of freedom over feudal hierarchy. According to its idealized image, anyone can rise through talent, discipline, innovation, and hard work. Markets supposedly reward merit. Competition supposedly prevents domination. Wealth supposedly reflects productivity. However, reality increasingly points elsewhere. The modern world contains unprecedented wealth. Trillions circulate through investment funds,…
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China vs Europe: Two models of lobbying power
At first glance, China and Europe organize influence in fundamentally different ways. On the one hand, China integrates lobbying into the state. On the other hand, Europe distributes lobbying across institutions and member states. Therefore, the contrast does not lie in whether lobbying exists. Rather, it lies in how power structures absorb or disperse it.…
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China as one mega-lobbyist, America as a battlefield of lobbies
China does not lobby like the West. Instead, it absorbs lobbying into the state. As a result, the boundary between state, corporation, and strategy begins to fade. At the center stands the Chinese Communist Party. It coordinates direction across sectors. Moreover, it enforces alignment when needed. Importantly, it does not eliminate interest groups. Rather, it…
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Who built the global financial system? Power alliances
Europe did not rebuild itself in isolation after World War II. It rebuilt through links. Every factory needed foreign capital. Every currency needed external trust. Every government needed partners. At the same time, wealthy families with prewar financial influence did not disappear. They adapted. They repositioned themselves inside the emerging system. Therefore, interconnection did not…
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Why are Brits enraged at “presence”?
Public anger in the United Kingdom does not come from one event. Instead, it builds over time. People feel it in daily life, in conversations, and especially online. Therefore, what looks irrational often follows a structure. It is not chaos. It is accumulation. Crime: The starting point Crime acts as the initial trigger. Not statistics,…
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How capitalism exploits ancient instincts: Homo consumens
Humans live in a highly complex economic system. However, the brain did not evolve for it. It evolved in small groups under scarcity, danger, and constant competition. Therefore, capitalism does not create human behavior. It exploits pre-existing instincts. This mismatch defines modern life. The evolutionary foundation of human behavior For hundreds of thousands of years,…
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WW3 and stupidity: Voters, politicians, media, shadow eminences
At first glance, people search for a single cause of war. Of course, it is complex, but if we should regard to simplified actors by current morality, this article is for you. They want one villain, one mistake, one decisive moment. However, reality looks very different. Wars emerge from layers of incentives, ignorance, fear, and…