tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post1612828939262710889..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: Why Every Worker is a Veritable Slave for 14 YearsCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-91432380418459594622014-08-24T18:28:07.652-07:002014-08-24T18:28:07.652-07:00It is not slavery to be an employee because you ca...It is not slavery to be an employee because you can quit or work for someone else.<br /><br />Taxation is similar to slavery because you must pay them or be punished, much like a recalcitrant slave would be punished.<br /><br />A few hundred years people lived under something called the feudal system. They did not grow their own food or produce their own goods they were serfs!<br /><br />Capitalism is whatever happens economically when people are free. The current system is only capitalism by name, capitalism does not include bailouts or cronyism for example. Capitalism is not a scam, it is the idea that free people can own the fruits of their labour.<br /><br />"The more I see it, the more I come to the conclusion that life was not meant to be profitable." This is the rationalisations of a loser, tell that to Bill Gates. Produce something of value in an efficient way, market it and profit.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-34145887899992528952014-08-24T16:32:59.795-07:002014-08-24T16:32:59.795-07:00Anonymous, I've read CC hear for a long time n...Anonymous, I've read CC hear for a long time now, and he has made it pretty clear we don't have real capitalism in many respects and the corporations have way too much say in government.<br /><br />You are right about becoming a slave to an employer, but at least you have that choice. <br /><br />I believe the hippies of the 70's tried the back to the land movement of growing your own stuff, but I'm not sure that really worked out well either. I've worked a few acres with the parents while growing up doing the garden thing, and even with a small tractor I can't say I'd really like to live that way.sth_txsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-51928870209100366392014-08-24T14:02:40.687-07:002014-08-24T14:02:40.687-07:00You're guilty of selective indignation.
When ...You're guilty of selective indignation.<br /><br />When you work, you are a slave to your employer as well, to which you must give more productivity than he gives you back in wages.<br /><br />But you don't call that slavery because then it would expose the entire scam that the capitalism system has become.<br /><br />As for being slaves to the socialist and social programs. There would not be so much poverty in the first place were it not for market totalitarianism.<br /><br />Back a few hundred years ago, in the commons, people worked hard all day long to grow their own food, raise their own meat, fish, gather, chop their own wood.<br /><br />They were self-employed but consumed what they produced. Markets were a supplement, not a mandate.<br /><br />Now that everything is in private hands with the goal of maximizing profits, there are a lot of able bodied individual left out of the loop and you call them "parasites" ?<br /><br />Also, it's precisely money and the market that makes it so easy to collect taxes from workers and employers.<br /><br />Back in the commons and barter and trade, it would have been impossible to build such a large taxation and government apparatus. Capital was simply too fungic and not mobile enough.<br /><br />But, then again, such apparatus was not needed because people were not wage slaves, they worked for themselves and counted on large family as an insurance policy.<br /><br />You can't have it both ways Aaron.<br /><br />The more I see it, the more I come to the conclusion that life was not meant to be profitable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-78035957818345618122014-08-24T06:21:27.916-07:002014-08-24T06:21:27.916-07:00Picture yourself as a successful corporate middle ...Picture yourself as a successful corporate middle manager. You are ahead of the game. You're almost done with your student loans, and money ahead enough to pay a mortgage, child raising costs, and afford some nice things. <br /><br />You decide to splurge and buy a brand new car. <br /><br />This is my point: The mechanic at your car dealer makes more money than your boss. <br /><br />It gets better. The mechanic has no student loans, gets paid for overtime, and gets paid even more for working holidays. The job can't be outsourced, but white collar jobs can. <br /><br />They call corporate workers wage slaves. Corporate life is called the golden handcuffs and the rat race. Why? Because it's true.Wandering MGTOWhttp://af5oo.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-19699367214148710702014-08-23T21:15:01.676-07:002014-08-23T21:15:01.676-07:00Wow, Bernard Chapin is still doing the Inferno.
T...Wow, Bernard Chapin is still doing the Inferno.<br /><br />That's cool.SM777noreply@blogger.com