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Capitalism is about the means of production being privately owned. It's quite possible to have a socialist society in which you get what you can pay for.
by EliRivers 11y ago
Capitalism is about the means of production being privately owned. It's quite possible to have a socialist society in which you get what you can pay for.
- ColinWright 11y ago> It's quite possible to have a socialist > society in which you get what you can pay for. Of course it is, but that's not relevant to the point being made. > Capitalism is about the means of > production being privately owned. ... with the subsequent implication that things need to be operated for profit. As a result people have to pay for their services, so people can only get what they can pay for, which is the point. Going back to the original comment[0]: > ... you get what you pay for. It creates > a classist, elitist society. My point is that this is unavoidable under capitalism. Capitalism => private ownership of production => operation for profit => charging for services => only get what you pay for => classist, elitist society (according to kafkaesque[1]) This may not be limited to capitalism, but it is an unavoidable consequence of it. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10100170 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10100170 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=kafkaesque https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=kafkaesque