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8B ruled by less than 100,000. Would go as far as to argue less than 10,000.

"The game" is brutal. The players only care for themselves. "The game" is as unfair as it gets. Most don't live side by side, they survive inspite of others. Competition is brutal. Got sick with cancer? Sorry, lose all "points". Want to buy X? Sorry, me (cancerless) will out bargain you.

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How did you come to that number? It looks really wrong but you certainly have something to support it.

Really wrong? Consider China. Consider Putin in Russia. Consider the current socioeconomic scenario in US. Jerome Powell (and others, for various reasons) makes decisions and millions have their lives affected. Power is very concentrated.

Yeah, I don’t like the game either. Not at all.

How can we change it though? Looking at history, changes come through either (usually bloody) revolution, or through politics themselves.

So unfortunately, someone needs to play the game in order to change it.

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