Is the "Pyramid of the Capitalist System" still applicable in today's society?

Only if the top caption read “we own you”.

@dalepetrie Only if….. ?

The image itself, and the idea behind it is an idealistic way of looking at a very complicated process. It does not now, nor did it ever present an accurate representation of the actual process.

ideologically speaking yes of course. money flows up, always has in capitalism.

Only accurate/applicable if….

I think the “Pyramid Scheme” is still occurring in today’s society even though it is a highly dubious venture and not very popular either.

In short, yes

It is still a very accurate representation of a simple system.

Well, it is not so much obsolete as it was simplistic to start with. The model still works more or less in most capitalist societies, though of course some details have changed over the years, due to the opening of international markets as well as technological innovation. But the basic idea is still the same.

How could capitalism be anything else?

I high amount of slick propaganda is what I think that was.