Capitalism: what's that?

[NoOneMan]

22. "the way capital is used in our society to gain advantage over others"

This is a basic tenant of Capitalism. The owners of the Means of Production cannot profit via production without extracting surplus value from labor (also known as exploiting labor). If an owner always pays for materials and the value of the labor, there would be no way to profit from the sale of goods. Since the price of materials is fixed, the difference in the value of the produced goods and the cost of production (profit) is usually obtain only by paying less for the labor than what it is "worth" (as the market determines based upon the goods it produced).

So in the end, when the owners secure all the means of production but ensure the people can only feed themselves by submitting to a system where their labor is exploited, then I assure you capitalism ensures capital is always being used to gain advantage and exploit people. If it wasn't, the system would not work.