RE: Death by capitalism (the meme thread)
October 11, 2018 at 12:59 am
(This post was last modified: October 11, 2018 at 12:59 am by vulcanlogician.)
The problem with capitalism isn't that moochers want something they didn't earn. It's that capitalism treats human life/time/welfare as a commodity. This in itself wouldn't be so bad, but the going rate for this commodity (human labor) is naturally low. (There are tons of dudes around.) Under capitalism, human life is an expendable and exploitable resource.
People who have a problem with capitalism see human life as something more valuable than what the market says it's worth. If we allow the free market to put a value on our human dignity, then we do not trade goods in the marketplace. WE are traded like goods IN the marketplace. If you see that as inevitable, fine. But if you see it as all fine and good, then you mustn't see much inherent value in human life to begin with.
People who have a problem with capitalism see human life as something more valuable than what the market says it's worth. If we allow the free market to put a value on our human dignity, then we do not trade goods in the marketplace. WE are traded like goods IN the marketplace. If you see that as inevitable, fine. But if you see it as all fine and good, then you mustn't see much inherent value in human life to begin with.
