“And communists throughout history have been making that same excuse all along.”
The only problem with Capitalism is that there tends to be unequal distribution of wealth.
Far from being a better system, Communism ensures that there is equal distribution of misery.
There’s no such thing as a system where a few people at the top don’t get rich but Capitalism is the only system that allows a whole range of economic levels with freedom to move up or down the scale.
The problem today isn’t that the rich are undertaxed (that doesn’t affect anything) its that taxpayers are overtaxed across the board and its strangling capitalism.
That's not a bug, it's a feature! Seriously, different people desire wealth to different degrees. Some people will work 16 hours a day 7 days a week to accumulate it, others would rather have a part-time job and bike or relax or raise families or evangelize with the rest of their time; that's what they treasure, and they should have the opportunity to live that choice. So an uneven distribution of wealth alone isn't a sign the system isn't working.