Bill Maher on Mamdani, A.O.C., Bernie and Democratic Socialists. So he goes off on the failures of Socialism.

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4. Indeed.

It is possible to have an economic system that doesn't reward the wealthy to the extent that our "system" does. The disparity in wealth is growing larger and many working Americans are barely scaping by, much less not able to save or invest for the future. Over the last 30 years capital has captured the majority of the value of producitivity increases, leaving very little to the workers. I expect that the use of AI and robots will only make this worse. It brings to mind Kurt Vonnegut's novel Player Piano.