People like to get rich, so any system they create tends to get the people best at creating systems richer. That has been true for every economic system ever -

People like to get rich, so any system they create tends to get the people best at creating systems richer. That has been true for every economic system ever - some are just more transparent and fair about it. Would you rather it be people taking bribes, a king, a hereditary merchant class, oligarchs, or people setting up companies? It has been as true about the USSR and Cuba as it has been about Venice, Canada, the USA, etc.