> me buying a tool for $20 and using it to make $200 of value isn't your problem blue collar workers, even the self-employed ones, are not the problem anyone has with the capitalist system. not even the deepest leftist would think of a plumber first when asked to describe the horrors of capitalism. to phrase it closer to the problem everyone has; > me buying a tool for $20, hiring a guy to use it for $80 and collecting the $200 payment at the end isn't your problem problems with the current system come down to the owner/renter class that owns assets/wealth; i.e. capital; and charge the people to use them to create more value. due to the mechanics of money these people have become excessively wealthy, consolidating more and more money and power into themselves, to the point where it is hampering the ability of normal people to live normal lives of employment/stable spouse/2.1 kids. the owner/renter class runs everything for their own benefit and expects the plebs to defend themselves, while simultaneously depriving them of any means they might use, so really there's just no constraint on their bad behavior and they'd rather crash the whole thing than change that dynamic. > owners/renters aren't capitalism, small business entrepreneurs are capitalism! is the line we're usually treated to, but we can't fail to notice that the rhetoric put forward in defense of the mom&pop shops that mostly don't exist anymore primarily serves to defend walmart/amazon/et al from change. we're told that in order to maintain our fantasy of rising through merit tomorrow, we must forgo reforms on the already wealthy who actually rule us today. the "temporarily embarrassed millionaire" schtick does work, but only so long as it's possible to believe it.
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