Your opinion of this person?

[opebo]

A fictional character, obviously.

[opebo]

     Clearly, everyone who lives within their means & does not whine about the lack of a free ride is an Uncle Tom. Try harder next time.

It is the rich who get the free ride, PiT, only the rich - that is what capitalism is all about.

     The economy also encourages wasting money on frivolities. If you look at the average person's budget, much of what they spend is wasted on expensive gadgets & oversized portions. Most people are stupid & easily led into making poor decisions that worsen their station. I'm not immune to this either, but I strive to improve.

PiT, this is utter nonsense - working class people spend all their money on housing, transport, and food.  They typically have no frivolities - nowadays gadgets are not expensive compared to housing and transport, and 'oversized portions' - what the devil are you talking about?  You mean they ate three peanut butter sandwiches instead of one? 

[opebo]

my main problem with democracy is... people have that natural tendency to want to vote themselves benefits beyond the capacity of the state to provide.

In that case, how do you explain that after decades of supposed democracy, nearly all economic benefits are still the privilege of the owning elite who represent only at the very most half a percent of all votes cast?

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Democracy is incompatible with capitalism.

Apparently it is.