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profit - effectively stolen

In Reply to: capitalism - the fairest thing we've got posted by Cara Russell on July 05, 1997 at 10:56:45:

> You say capitalism isn't fair. It's the fairest thing we've got, though.
> While a small number of people may be kept from succeding under Capitalism,
> everyone is kept from succeding under socialism. It's equal, but not fair.
> It makes everybody misserable.

How can it be fair- when I sell my Labour, as I wil have to- I will not be paid for the value of my work- but on my value as a commodity. Now, this means, that I will do work, say worth ú15 to my employer, but be paid ú3 only- my employer getting ú12 off me- as a basic theft. Now, accounting for running costs of machinery etc- that could be $10 in pure proffit- ú10 effectively stolen from me. Thats where the millions that our rulers have come from, not from their own graft. Most of them did not work hard to achieve their wealth- many are born to it (With the natural advantage of a better standard of eductaion), and they as a class cling on to the wealth. The notion that anyone can succeed is a misnomer, only a few rags to riches stories can happen, and even less will hapen in the future- a plenty of rags to rags will continue to happen. SOcialism is about freeing the wealth of society so that everyone can succeed, not a few. Its bnot about holding back the entrepreneurs, but about liberating the whole of soceity.

"There can be no freedom, even for the masters, among slaves"- Lord Byron. We are the wage slaves of the capitalist rulers, and to vouchsafe their freedom, we must free ourselves...
rED dEATHY

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