On: The Superrich Endanger Democracy

[makotech222]

No, he doesn't assume you should have no rich people. He wants there to be only one class of people, regardless of total wealth. There are two classes in capitalism, owners and workers. In Marx, there is only worker-owners.

[sametmax → makotech222]

Rich is a relative term. You can't have everybody that is rich. You are only rich to relative to somebody who is not.

I've lived in West Africa for 2 years, and here you have plenty of "rich man of the village". But you would not consider them rich yourself.