How Not to be Exploited by the Capitalists

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The easiest way to not be exploited by the Capitalists is not to work for a Capitalist. The Proles should form co-op firms or grow their own food on abandoned lots or fields. No one is forcing the Proles to work for some mean old tightwad Capitalist.

The Proles can shamble and stumble to one place dragging their knuckles on the ground and form a co-op. No one is stopping them.

ruveyn

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Ironically, it's Capitalism itself that gives you the autonomy to take such an action.

I like a true democracy better than being run by big coorperations

I like a true free society better than being run by bureaucrats operating outside of their jurisdiction. Taxing people to death has never helped anyone except for the government and welfare leeches. Not that taxes themselves are bad, but taxing people like crazy is BS.

My parents have owned small businesses for decades and I know for a fact that ridiculous minimum wages make them hire less people and on top of that, ridiculous taxes not only makes them lose money, but it also makes the stock itself more expensive to buy. Do you have any reason to hate capitalism other than some vague philosophical and hypothetical inferences?

I don't read a lot about politics, but the fact that I've seen small businesses suffering from left wing policies is enough for be to not buy the "rich getting richer and poor getting poorer" BS. More like left wing policies leave everyone poorer except for the government.

I'm also getting sick of this assumption that because a business is big, that it's automatically evil. It seems like nothing but envy or playing victim. You know, the reason they're rich is maybe because they're doing the right things.

The store my parents currently own has been working out real well for them, while it hardly made profits before they owned it. Why? Cuz the previous owner was dirty, didn't keep the store clean, she was rude to people, ripped people off, so therefore hardly anyone went to the store while she still owned it. And a store nearby recently closed down because their stock was always expired, so naturally people gravitate towards my parent's store.

And that's dealing with small businesses. If you're running an even bigger business, the consequences of f*****g around like that would be even bigger. And who says only business owners are a**holes? Do shirkers not affect the whole business they work for with their unreliability and being unproductive?

Haahhh funny that you pointed out e coli as an example of privatization being big and bad. A government agency is responsible for the Walkerton tragedy in Canada. Although it was two individuals within the Walkerton Public Utilities Commission that were responsible for this, even after the organization knew that those two people f****d up, they refused to admit it until days after people started experiencing symptoms.

Not only was it two people that f****d up, but the whole organization. Two people were responsible for causing it, and the organization was responsible for not warning people and acting accordingly. 7 people died, 2500 got contaminated, and all these two dudes got was a 1 year sentence in jail and a 9 month house arrest sentence.

So yeah I guess the government is infallible to f**k ups . You're real vague when you say deregulation can cause great harm. That depends on how you go about deregulation. If done right, it promotes competition and gives people more freedom. If done wrong, it can be detrimental to both businesses and people.

I'm not some anarchist who absolutely hates the government. I believe the government's role is to protect it's citizens, not babysit them. And regulating unethical business practices through anti-trust laws is definitely within their jurisdiction. But trickle up economics, babysitting, and handouts are BS.

Look man, Capitalism isn't supposed to be some utopia. You can't have your cake and eat it too. And that's what capitalism is about. Understand that both corporations and government can f**k up or be malicious, and you can't have a false sense of security for one or the other. Freedom isn't free since it must be sacrificed for security. That's exactly why capitalism is about autonomy.

I distrust bosses/capitalists/corporations and I distrust bureacrats/politicians. I hate capitalism and I hate state socialism. We need some other alternatives.

How to not be exploited by the capitalists?: Become a capitalist.