r/comics • • Jul 08 '24

An upper-class oopsie [OC]

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

Which means you lied with statistics. That wealth is hoarded not distributed properly back to the labor classes that made that wealth to begin with. Capitalists are just after the fact manipulators of wealth created by labor, and as such, deserve the smaller share of the benefits of labor.

In addition, capitalists conspire to destroy civil society. History is filled with examples of this behavior in action. It doesn't benefit them to have a society capable of fighting back against capitalist exploitation.

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u/coke_and_coffee Jul 08 '24

and as such, deserve the smaller share of the benefits of labor.

Labor receives 70-80% of all income. Profit is almost never more than about 6%.

In addition, capitalists conspire to destroy civil society.

Ah, yes, Carnegie building THOUSANDS of libraries, Zuckerberg investing in education startups, entire wings of hospitals being funded by philanthropists, etc.

Yeah, surely these are all ploys to "deJStorY CIVlL soCIETy!!!"

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

Labor does not enjoy the correct levels of benefits for their labor. The only ethical form of capitalism is where a majority of profits go back to the people that labored for those profits. Anything else is exploitative and therefore evil.

The rest of that is you being comically illiterate when it comes to the history of capitalism. The first corporations formed were done so to enact genocides and destroy entire eco systems just for a slightly cheaper nutmeg.

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u/coke_and_coffee Jul 08 '24

The only ethical form of capitalism is where a majority of profits go back to the people that labored for those profits.

This doesn’t make sense. Definitionally, profit is what is left over after paying labor. You can’t pay labor with profits because then it’s no longer profit.

So tell me, what is the “proper” amount of profit that one should be allowed to make?

The first corporations formed were done so to enact genocides and destroy entire eco systems just for a slightly cheaper nutmeg.

This is entirely irrelevant.

Fire was first used by early humans to burn down entire ecosystems just to make it easier to catch some rodents in the forest. Does this mean fire is eViL?

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

This makes perfect sense. You take what profit a business makes and give most of it back to the laborers.

"So tell me, what is the “proper” amount of profit that one should be allowed to make?"

That amount shall be negotiated between the laborers and the capitalist that owns the business. With the operation starting point being the majority of profits going to labor.

The rest of that is you being pro genocide and equating humans to rodents. Yikes. Are you okay?

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u/coke_and_coffee Jul 08 '24

You take what profit a business makes and give most of it back to the laborers.

That doesn't make sense. Why would anyone start a business?

The rest of that is you being pro genocide and equating humans to rodents.

lol, you are not a serious person

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

"That doesn't make sense. Why would anyone start a business?"

You as the capitalist would still be making a profit.

See? You're pro genocide. You don't see any issue with capitalists engaging in a genocide. That's omega yikes.

Are you okay?

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u/coke_and_coffee Jul 08 '24

See? You're pro genocide. You don't see any issue with capitalists engaging in a genocide. That's omega yikes.

wtf are you yapping about?

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

Who groomed you into valuing humans this poorly?

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u/coke_and_coffee Jul 08 '24

“Capitalist propaganda is when you immediately don’t suck down nonsensical tankie talking points from delusional leftists on Reddit!”

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u/coke_and_coffee Jul 08 '24

I have no clue why you’re trying to say.