One of the problems living in a capitalist economy is that human labour has skewed value, it isn't 1:1 ratio to effort done, not even between the same job for different people. But, this is a tier above the "living wage" propaganda perpetrated by those stuck in and supporting this economic system. Many of the systemic bugs (seen as features by those still in the box) are a result of capitalism directly; such as monopolies, wealth accumulating at focal points into the hands of a few, zero-sum thinking (when the reality is that labour adds value) and not to mention fallout effects of capitalism, such as wealth inequality (I don't mean here a few owning almost everything, while the vast majority owns almost nothing) and even environmental damage from product malfeasance built into them (designed to wear down easily) straining it, most notably is all the plastics in the oceans.
The usual sorry-ass "rebuttals" involve the genius notion that since everyone uses products produced within a capitalist system, that it means capitalism works, somehow - as if they choose to be born into it.
Attempts to improve on it are just a patchwork of gaffa-tape fixtures of governmental regulations, re-distributions, mixed economy and breaking up monopolies. Capitalism is fundamentally flawed from the outset.
The main chokehold maintaining capitalism is a centralized fiat currency issued by government central banks. The decoupling of monetary value from physical value (usually rare metals) made it worse. The madness is best illustrated, even today, with the various instances of hyperinflation around the world.
If you take away money - entirely - what are you really left with? The buildings, all the products, all the labour involved doesn't magically go away along with money. What is really needed is some sort of representation of labour that went into a product/service/whatever, and money is a sad excuse for that given the vast wealth inequality inherent in capitalism, among all the other faults. There are alternative systems to represent labour, my favorite is one based loosely on energy. Technocrats have pontificated on this for over a century, but never, AFAIK, really been put into practice - not for lack of trying - but because of interest groups wanting to retain capitalism and shooting down any attempts on improving on labour representation.
The usual sorry-ass "rebuttals" involve the genius notion that since everyone uses products produced within a capitalist system, that it means capitalism works, somehow - as if they choose to be born into it.
Attempts to improve on it are just a patchwork of gaffa-tape fixtures of governmental regulations, re-distributions, mixed economy and breaking up monopolies. Capitalism is fundamentally flawed from the outset.
The main chokehold maintaining capitalism is a centralized fiat currency issued by government central banks. The decoupling of monetary value from physical value (usually rare metals) made it worse. The madness is best illustrated, even today, with the various instances of hyperinflation around the world.
If you take away money - entirely - what are you really left with? The buildings, all the products, all the labour involved doesn't magically go away along with money. What is really needed is some sort of representation of labour that went into a product/service/whatever, and money is a sad excuse for that given the vast wealth inequality inherent in capitalism, among all the other faults. There are alternative systems to represent labour, my favorite is one based loosely on energy. Technocrats have pontificated on this for over a century, but never, AFAIK, really been put into practice - not for lack of trying - but because of interest groups wanting to retain capitalism and shooting down any attempts on improving on labour representation.
