I criticised the Forbes video, not the game.
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This game is about introducing Democratic Socialism with a market economy, the same kind of system used in France, Germany, Sweden, Norway, etc. That's not communism, and if you think it is then you might like to read some books and think a bit more critically about where you get your political understanding from.
I was pretty uncompromisingly socialist and pro-environment and walked it, perhaps I was lucky with the timing of events that I didn't end up in deficit for very long, I don't know.
In a second playthrough, I tried to pander to the centre a bit more and ended up getting deposed by the military after the economy went into recession!
This video is kinda trash. Obviously Bezos can't liquidate all of his assets immediately, but that doesn't make his wealth fake.
He has incredible power and could liquidate billions of dollars a year without devaluing his assets. There are also massive social opportunity costs in the things he does invest in (spaceships, twitter, venture capital). He could invest for a return in food poverty, poverty (through education loans, if necessary), etc.
Video also overlooks the economic liberal perspective on way billionaires are shit. They are a rentier, exploiting their ridiculous market position to levy rents that others cannot.