But thats the crux - pressure and incentives. Capital is supposed to reward ingenuity and efficiency. Instead it is mainly used like you say, in a recursive way

But thats the crux - pressure and incentives. Capital is supposed to reward ingenuity and efficiency. Instead it is mainly used like you say, in a recursive way, so to protect itself even when there is no invention, no ingenuity, just pure oppression through disruption of communication, things like unions, independent candidates, etc Crumbs from an abundance are pleasing to those who have comparisons to look at: nature's parasites or pangs of age or pangs of poverty or 1800s medicine. The real issue was never equality. It has always been adequacy and comparative "neo-nostalgism." Until the hinge breaks of fully, there are usually never any real revolutions. Maybe the internet can change that.