The "western" world is dominated by a hidden oligarchy. The population works for them. The system harvests wealth and transfers it up to the top of the pyramid through hidden means like currency devaluation and debt money and sometimes barely disguised means like income taxes. Even income taxes, in the US, are veiled. For most people, who get a regular paycheck the taxes extracted turn into background noise. For the few self employed people, the tax is a regular slap in the face: minimal value is provided for the wealth extracted. If you build furniture for a living, for example, the idea that every fourth chair in your chair shop goes entirely to the government is appalling.
The system gives the illusion of freedom and defines the terms of a meaningful life-pattern. You save money in stonks, then retire. If you're very successful you donate money to charity here and there and perhaps stay connected to the business "world" through business news and stonk market swings.
All the economic activity that takes place within the context of the system feeds the people at the top. This is true all the way up, so each layer of people keeps feeding the one above and labors under the delusion that they're working for themselves.
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