The Enemy: Capitalism

The government is seen by those on the right as dangerous or a necessary evil that must be restrained and restricted. They see the free markets of capitalism as the only way for this to occur. Those on the left believe capitalism is evil and needs to be restrained or destroyed and the state should replace it, which again is wrong.

These two different sects of beliefs still hold one thing in common, power by the few. In a free market capitalist system every is given the notion that they have the ability to succeed. But how do you succeed? There is only a certain amount of capital that is allocated into an economic system in a given year, dividing it up is how we receive our GDP Per Capita. For every to succeed we would need to have all incomes within a 5-10% departure from our GDP Per Capita, but this is impossible. The capitalist class demands that they receive a higher earning than the labor class, in an unrestrained capitalist system there is nothing to stop them from earning as high as possible.

With a restricted amount of capital in the economy this would force the exclusion of others, leading to unemployment, underemployment or slave labor. Eventually as economies drastically expand due to growth from free-markets and the exclusion of fellow citizens money flows upwards with labor to the capitalist class. As the capitalist class gains more income they control a larger portion of the nations wealth. When the economy reaches a recession from overproduction the labor class(workers) will become unemployed to maintain the wealth levels of a business, which lowers the wealth share of the labor class and maintains the wealth share of the capitalist class which grows in percent of GDP.

When a recession lifts and workers are hired again they must start again from the bottom up, creating more excess wealth in the hands of the few. With an overwhelming amount of the share of national income they have more freedom to bargain with other sects of the economy or to control them outright. This leads to a monopolistic affect upon the economy as fewer and fewer people are controlling more and more wealth and power. With an excessive amount of wealth they are permitted to influence television, politics, and all other aspects of life.

Our country eventually becomes run by a group of elite individuals which control almost all aspects of our economy. This leaves the labor class in a stagnant economic system and the ‘underclass’ in a depression. With the underclass in a depression and the property, capital and influence in the hands of the elite few they are isolated in obscurity, eventually forced into underclass communities as the capitalists relocate for cheaper labor and new resources.

The end result is a nation run by an elite few that own everything, keep the labor class in a stagnant economy and keep the underclass in a depression. This allows for the capitalist class to give their kids a high education, startup capital and influence; the labor class is allowed to give their kids a moderate education, minimal safety net and a job in the labor class; the underclass in allowed to give their kids a poor education, no safety net and a possible life of crime. This allows for the capitalist class to become thinner and thinner while keeping the majority of the other classes out, keeping the power in the hands of the few.





REMEMBER: I am not advocating for any other economic system, that is up for you to decide yourself which other economic system is best.

This is why all of the extremist political/economic viewpoints that people are so fond of always fail, because they all have a single glaring weakness that those who are in love with them willfully ignore. We need to create a hybrid that takes the best parts of several systems and enforces them from the start.

This is my concept, feel free to pick it apart as I in no way claim to have any actual expertise about economics.

First, there must be a way for people to work their way up, or at least get affordable job training so those who have the drive and ambition don't have to work at McDonald's all their lives. Also, the minimum wage needs to be higher so that those who have no choice but to work at McDonald's don't have to live with their parents or in a dump that a raccoon wouldn't sleep in.

Second, the greed of the corporate elites needs to be reigned in, and big time. Salary limits, the elimination of senate/congress lobbyists and all currency speculation/tax loopholes.

Third, their must be an upper limit on how big companies can get, perhaps an income limit or assets limit, or both. If a company gets too big, some elements of it need to be split off. And anti-competitive practices need to be punished with harsh prison sentences.

I know, it all sounds criminally naive, but I believe that it would work if it were actually implemented as conceived.