#bro. an electrician making $50 an hour isn't 'rich' and even if they were

[captainjonnitkessler]

You guys know that capitalism doesn’t mean “involves money”, right? It is legitimately important that you all know that the problem with capitalism is not “uses currency”.

Capitalism is bad because it exploits people and puts profit over human life and dignity. It’s not bad or morally wrong for people to have lots of money, it’s wrong for them to make that money by exploiting workers. It’s not wrong to sell products and labor for money, it’s wrong to run everyone else out of business so you can form a monopoly and jack up prices once people have no choice but to buy from you.

It’s really starting to piss me off, the frequency with which I’m seeing people call others “capitalist scum” and “bootlickers” for things like “charging money for products and services”, “suggesting that laborers should be paid fairly”, and the classic “having more money than me”. Capitalism is a huge problem, but when you don’t understand what the problem actually is and just start assuming that any transaction involving money is “capitalism”, you are diluting and weakening the cause you claim to be fighting for.

The problem with capitalism is the exploitation of labor, not the existence of money. 

#this is SERIOUSLY pissing me off #like yeah. capitalism sucks. obviously #but people have been blaming it for EVERYTHING. and it's like . . . you are missing several points here #like a lot of what people have been blaming capitalism for is just general human nature #you think people are going to stop being jackasses under socialism? you think people are going to stop #lying and stealing and hoarding just because we changed economic systems? #*gestures wildly at all of human history* THE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THEY WILL NOT #and don't even get me started on people claiming to be anti-capitalist and pro-worker and pro-union #and then getting FURIOUS when they find out how much union laborers make #and suddenly switching over to 'eat the rich' #bro. an electrician making $50 an hour isn't 'rich' and even if they were #they made it through their own labor without exploiting anyone so what EXACTLY is your problem