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As a European I'm genuinely not sure whether this is satire or not.

Not satire - if you can provide more concrete examples of how the rich receive more benefits from the government, I’m open for learning.

Pick a post from this site: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/

Ha, 3/4 of the page of an anti-capitalism website is trying to convince people to give them money.

This is true of any non-profit as well. Salvation Army, goodwill... your point is not a point. Just a comment that everyone needs to eat.

I think it's down to how we define "more". In dollar amounts then no. You're correct.

But in terms of value? Almost by definition, the rich are benefiting from the status quo more than the poor and it seems to be a strange feat of logic to argue that they are getting the raw end of the deal.

It's not like the wealthy ever go "those people on benefits have it easy. Hell. I'm going to join them".

No, they don’t say they want to join the poor, but I think wealthy people think the government is not really involved much in their day to day life, whereas I don’t think poor people can say the same.

Let's say Wal-mart pays so little that their workers regularly have to go on food stamps to get by. Are those workers benefitting the most, or is Wal-mart? Working for low wages while additionally being held to the strictures of a government program is a double-dose of agency removal.

I used to work for a US bank. It’s not.

As an American I can’t tell either.

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