I wouldn’t pin that “employees are resources” thing on capitalism though. In my experience this view is not imposed by owners, but rather by power hungry medioc

I wouldn’t pin that “employees are resources” thing on capitalism though. In my experience this view is not imposed by owners, but rather by power hungry mediocre project managers and the like lower down the org chart. I’ve come to see it as just a sad human instinct: some people get a kick out of talking/thinking about others as (their) tools. Capitalism probably keeps this instinct at bay better than most other systems, as it seems to me a fine way of destroying capital.