re: #300 HappyWarrior

I’m no communist or even a socialist but I’d like to see someone talk about how labor makes this all possible. It’s one thing to create jobs. It’s another to actually do those jobs.

There is a massive difference between socialism and communism (as we have seen it in operation). I believe in looking after people (after they are born), having safety nets, affordable health care, a place to live and a living wage. I think the unemployed should be supported by government, not having to depend on charity for their next meal. If this is socialism, I am a socialist.

As far as creating jobs, at the current point in time, most of those job creators are inventing ways to produce more with fewer and fewer people. This is not job creation - this is profit making. When I studied economics at university, companies consisted of capital, labor and property. Now someone else owns the property, CEOs & board members get most of the capital and the labor part is considered a necessary evil - or reduced to the level where those employed have no chance of doing the job they are expected to do.