So what does then? If income inequality is rising, billionaires are getting richer, public ownership is disappearing, privatization is increasing, then what are you basing this idea that they are “progressing towards those higher stages” on?
The thing is, the reverse is true on all of those. You are cherry picking old, outdated data, and are using vague definitions that contradict Marx. You don’t have facts, so you lie. This is why you call a largely publicly driven economy “Capitalist,” you have nothing but vibes.
Nice of you to cut off your data a decade ago, now that trends are reversing. Very intellectually honest of you! And you continue to use confused requirements for Socialism, like public ownership of profit rather than the Means of Production. All of your analysis boils down to share of wealth, rather than the direction of the economy and analysis of class dynamics. You also cherry pick your data, using old data. Using modern data, we can see public ownership is increasing, and private is decreasing. Same with the ultra wealthy, they are decreasing, while working class income is rising.
The thing is, the reverse is true on all of those. You are cherry picking old, outdated data, and are using vague definitions that contradict Marx. You don’t have facts, so you lie. This is why you call a largely publicly driven economy “Capitalist,” you have nothing but vibes.