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In reply to the discussion: Yesterday the last car rolled down the line at Lordstown GM in Lordstown Ohio, I wept as I [View all]Farmer-Rick
(10,980 posts)I am not a socialist either. I just know there is something seriously wrong with the capitalist economic system.
They both controlled a large part of the economy.
They both have some amount of regulation or limits to them in order to function. - In American Southern slavery, only people born with darker skin were enslaved. In American 21st century capitalism, only people born without huge amounts of capital must sell their labor to keep from starving. In American Southern slavery, the slave had very little legal rights. In American 21st century capitalism, the poor have very little legal rights especially if they can not afford a lawyer. In ancient Roman slavery, having sex with both male and female slaves was all part of the benefits of owning people. In American 21st century capitalism, forcing an employee into having sex with you is all a part of being a boss or a rich man.
They both ensure profits continue to flow to the already rich and prevent the majority of those born into the lower rungs of society from escaping.
They both hijack the political system to ensure their unethical systems continue long after they stagnate and corrupt.
Just like in both Ancient Roman and American Southern slavery, people in a capitalist econmy can not imagine anything better and believe their economic system is a natural outcome of traditional markets and civilization.