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<blockquote data-quote="22LR" data-source="post: 570898" data-attributes="member: 24005"><p>You have the choice of whether you want to sell your labor to a capitalist or starve to death.</p><p></p><p>You have the choice to follow all the laws, written by other people in the interests of capitalists, or be put in prison (along with 1% of the US population - the largest number <em>and</em> percentage of people in prison of any country, ever, in history). </p><p></p><p>You have the choice to vote for one of two presidential candidates, both of whom belong to parties that represent the capitalist class and get nearly identical funding from corporations like Walmart and Pfizer. </p><p></p><p>In the end, in capitalism, you only really have the right to choose from 32 flavors of ice cream at Baskin Robins. </p><p></p><p>The difference is a bear hunts to feed itself. </p><p></p><p>You work to feed yourself, but in the process end up handing over the largest share of the fruits of your labor to your boss. Your work is also aimed at society at large. Your work helps supply everybody with the things they need and want. But they are limited by the same restraints you are, because all the tools and means of distribution are controlled by a handful of capitalists.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>He/she eats $100 steaks cooked by a domestic servant. He/she doesn't do any work. He/she and you have nothing in common.</p><p></p><p>Labor is the source of all weath. Workers turn raw materials into usable goods, then package, deliver and sell them. They create more than they are paid. That's called profit. Capitalists take the profit, without participating in the process of its creation. They can do so because they own the tools we use. </p><p></p><p>I was trying to make the LTV as simple as possible. If you want, I can make a long detailed post explaining how it works. </p><p></p><p>If you didn't show up for your job that day, instead of $1000 of candy bars being made $0 worth of candy bars would have been made. Workers are the source of wealth. We are the cog in the machine on which all else relies.</p><p></p><p>Which was built by workers who were paid less than the value of the wealth they created.</p><p></p><p>Which were built by workers who were paid less than the value of the wealth they created.</p><p></p><p>Which were gathered by workers who were paid less than the value of the wealth they created.</p><p></p><p>All of which are paid less than the value of the wealth they created.</p><p></p><p>Which is paid for with the profits that come from the labor of you and your fellow workers.</p><p></p><p>Which is paid for with the profits that come from the labor of you and your fellow workers.</p><p></p><p>Right. That's what it's all about under capitalism. Not meeting human need (which we're able to do on a world scale 2 times over with modern technology), but making the rich richer.</p><p></p><p>Capitalists themselves openly explain the irrationality of such a system (though they have no answer for it - since the answer is eliminating their privileged positions). </p><p></p><p>"There is more money put into baldness drugs than into malaria. Now, baldness is a terrible thing and rich men are afflicted. That is why that priority has been set." - Bill Gates</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="22LR, post: 570898, member: 24005"] You have the choice of whether you want to sell your labor to a capitalist or starve to death. You have the choice to follow all the laws, written by other people in the interests of capitalists, or be put in prison (along with 1% of the US population - the largest number [I]and[/I] percentage of people in prison of any country, ever, in history). You have the choice to vote for one of two presidential candidates, both of whom belong to parties that represent the capitalist class and get nearly identical funding from corporations like Walmart and Pfizer. In the end, in capitalism, you only really have the right to choose from 32 flavors of ice cream at Baskin Robins. The difference is a bear hunts to feed itself. You work to feed yourself, but in the process end up handing over the largest share of the fruits of your labor to your boss. Your work is also aimed at society at large. Your work helps supply everybody with the things they need and want. But they are limited by the same restraints you are, because all the tools and means of distribution are controlled by a handful of capitalists. He/she eats $100 steaks cooked by a domestic servant. He/she doesn't do any work. He/she and you have nothing in common. Labor is the source of all weath. Workers turn raw materials into usable goods, then package, deliver and sell them. They create more than they are paid. That's called profit. Capitalists take the profit, without participating in the process of its creation. They can do so because they own the tools we use. I was trying to make the LTV as simple as possible. If you want, I can make a long detailed post explaining how it works. If you didn't show up for your job that day, instead of $1000 of candy bars being made $0 worth of candy bars would have been made. Workers are the source of wealth. We are the cog in the machine on which all else relies. Which was built by workers who were paid less than the value of the wealth they created. Which were built by workers who were paid less than the value of the wealth they created. Which were gathered by workers who were paid less than the value of the wealth they created. All of which are paid less than the value of the wealth they created. Which is paid for with the profits that come from the labor of you and your fellow workers. Which is paid for with the profits that come from the labor of you and your fellow workers. Right. That's what it's all about under capitalism. Not meeting human need (which we're able to do on a world scale 2 times over with modern technology), but making the rich richer. Capitalists themselves openly explain the irrationality of such a system (though they have no answer for it - since the answer is eliminating their privileged positions). "There is more money put into baldness drugs than into malaria. Now, baldness is a terrible thing and rich men are afflicted. That is why that priority has been set." - Bill Gates [/QUOTE]
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