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I Found the King: Success, not Wealth, is the best goal for Capitalism in the 21st century.

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I am setting off on a journey, and I don’t know where I am going or how it will end. On this trip, we will travel on roads forged by society. Societies which are manifested through their respective economic and political systems. I have my pen as my walking stick, and my limited knowledge as my subsistence, as I attempt to discover what system is best for weary travelers that are also taking this journey. Because the better the system, the better the society, and therefore the better our journey will be on the road of life. Of course, better is a loose term. What can be better for one can be disastrous for another. That being the case, what is actually better? It is better for shareholders if employees work at a lower wage and increase margins, and it’s better for workers if their wage is increased. Those two betters are opposite, which means, with any sentiment left aside (some shareholders might care about workers), someone’s better is another’s worse. This is true in many facets of