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I drink your milkshake! a metaphor for capitalism
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<blockquote data-quote="brett636" data-source="post: 1542708" data-attributes="member: 249"><p>You make a very common error in your reasoning when comparing capitalism to slavery. The two are worlds apart. In slavery a slave must do their "masters" bidding for no compensation without any say in the matter. A slave cannot just tell his master that he or she quits and moves onto other ventures. A free individual in a capitalist system can do exactly that. If you equate your job to slavery then you are clueless as to what slavery really entails. I've worked with many people over the years at different jobs who seemed to act as if they were stuck when the reality is they are free to change jobs and or professions as often as they like assuming they can find a niche for them to work in their new market. </p><p></p><p>As far as profiting from employees goes that, again, is the point of business. A business owner not only has to pay for the employees time, but for a multitude of other expenses like building expenses, insurance, equipment, inventory, and marketing. After all that is paid including their employees salary as a business owner you hope there is enough left to take a small chunk for yourself and leave something to reinvest in the business to help it grow. That is quite the juggling act which is why a business is so risky to start and operate successfully. Again, any employee not happy with this is free to start their own business, if they want to take on the high risk of failure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brett636, post: 1542708, member: 249"] You make a very common error in your reasoning when comparing capitalism to slavery. The two are worlds apart. In slavery a slave must do their "masters" bidding for no compensation without any say in the matter. A slave cannot just tell his master that he or she quits and moves onto other ventures. A free individual in a capitalist system can do exactly that. If you equate your job to slavery then you are clueless as to what slavery really entails. I've worked with many people over the years at different jobs who seemed to act as if they were stuck when the reality is they are free to change jobs and or professions as often as they like assuming they can find a niche for them to work in their new market. As far as profiting from employees goes that, again, is the point of business. A business owner not only has to pay for the employees time, but for a multitude of other expenses like building expenses, insurance, equipment, inventory, and marketing. After all that is paid including their employees salary as a business owner you hope there is enough left to take a small chunk for yourself and leave something to reinvest in the business to help it grow. That is quite the juggling act which is why a business is so risky to start and operate successfully. Again, any employee not happy with this is free to start their own business, if they want to take on the high risk of failure. [/QUOTE]
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