Used to have a friend, complete FromSoft fanboy, who argued incessantly that this wasn’t the case.

Dude just would not admit that Miyazaki, known to be a gigantic troll IRL, designs parts of his games to troll people.

Lol, ok child.

No, not really. Every economic model is based around who has control over the means of production and how they distribute access to it. That’s just economics. It isn’t a novel or profound thought.

The fact that both communism and capitalism/fascism requires taking control of the means of production is no more interesting of a thing to ponder than the fact cooking your food and burning people alive requires the use of heat

It’s been the central mentality of the owning class since the ability to individually own the means of production was conceived.

“much like communism” then follows up with a description of capitalism.

Capitalism is when the means of production are seized to empower an elite few while simultaneously disempowering everyone else. This is the essence of class division.

Communism is when the means of production is seized by the people and then shared equally, as communism is classless.