The United States throughout history, kiddo.
You know what we didn't do after the Great Depression? Say, "aww fuck it, we're ever going to keep those rich buggers in check, so we might as well give up, slash everything, and give them even more money."
No, we radically distributed wealth downwards, created a social safety net, created an extensive framework of regulations and protections, raised taxes, increased unionization, decreased the level of power exerted by the rich over the state, and ascended to super power status on the back of a strong middle class.
I have no idea about where your heart is, but you're in no place to criticize anyone's worldview when your's is reductive to the point of incoherence. Your position is disregarding a dichotomous choice on the basis that it doesn't exist. It's like choosing not to run out of a burning building when there's a clear path to the front door, because it's naive to think that you won't burn alive eventually.