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[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 1 hour ago

The system is very heavily stacked in favour of people with a lot of money to start with. Then, those that are "willing to risk it" can reap outrageous returns when their longshots come in. We don't see the losers, but the ones that hit their longshots are what we have "at the top" now.