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noteconomicallyevolved

In our perfected system, the more aggressive (and not discernably wiser) monkeys are encouraged to beat down their comrades to ascend the slats of a small ladder, earning an advantageous position for flinging poo, and the privilege of imagining they are growing nearly as tall as their keepers.

It's messy, but at least it's free of any trace of godless queer European-style socialism.

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Many classic texts explaining capitalism and advocating for total laissez-faire with no regulation, democratic feedback, or social responsibility beyond stockholder value make analogies to evolution. The above has exactly as much to do with evolution as does any economist's argument.
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