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What part of capitalism precludes violating other peoples rights or property? By your definition much of US business isn't capitalist because of the prevalence
by AngryData 7mo ago
What part of capitalism precludes violating other peoples rights or property? By your definition much of US business isn't capitalist because of the prevalence of wage theft and rights violations, which is absurd.
- akramachamarei 7mo agoYou should do a little basic research before commenting. Property rights are part of the very definition of capitalism. Wage theft is illegal, because theft is illegal. If you believe that corporations are stealing wages from their employees and the government is tolerating this, then you should probably conclude that those businesses aren't capitalist; that's straightforward, not absurd. And you could probably break a great news story while you're at it.
- AngryData 7mo agoYou realize wage theft is documented as greater than all other forms of theft combined in the US right? It isn't some fringe theory, it is established fact.
- akramachamarei 7mo agoIf so, then we can safely call that behavior uncapitalistic. That's how the definition works. FWIW, I knew very little about wage theft, until researching it at your prompting, which I appreciate. Seems like wage theft is rarely actual theft, and most often a violation of contract, but in either case it's a violation of capitalism's seed principles. Sometimes wage theft is neither theft nor contract violation. That's my impression from Wikipedia, at least.
- em-bee 7mo agoif then by that definition we are not in a capitalist system, then in which system are we? robber barons and anarchism? keep reading on wage labor and in particular on wage slavery, and how it relates to actual slavery. in my opinion neither precludes capitalism.