Thursday, November 5, 2015

Capitalists

The capitalists’ objective is to buy land, buildings, materials, tools and labor, combine them to manufacture a product they can then sell for more than it cost them to make and end up with enough profit to buy more materials and more labor and sell more of their product for a profit ad infinitum or until they have a monopoly on their market so they can simply jack up the price, to add to their profit without using capital.

The capitalists’ number one credo is; use as little capital as possible to make as much profit as possible.  To this end they will buy the least expensive land, build minimal structures, which they then fill with the cheapest equipment available.  They divide the work into the smallest and simplest segments so they can higher the least costly labor (the young and untrained, preferably female workers) who they then provide the absolute minimum education (on the job training whenever possible) who they then equip with the absolute bare minimum of tools and support.  Then they ask their laborers to work at the highest intensity they can manage (even if it is to the detriment of their health, hoping they will die, quit or be forced to quit because they can no longer do the job, before they have to be paid (as highly trained labor) a higher wage) and whenever possible they ask them to work without compensation or benefits.  And all the time wages are maintained at an artificially and unnecessarily low rate to trap the wage earners in their lot so they do not become independent and stop making profit for the capitalist.  The laborers are of no interest to the capitalist after they leave their employ so there is no reason to provide them with a pension.  And it is in the capitalists’ best interest to have a surplus of workers to compete for their jobs which help to keep the wages/benefits as low as possible.  Although the capitalist benefits most from the labor it is the labor class that is then taxed to support those that cannot support themselves and wait in reserve to jump at the chance to be underpaid.


Workers who understand the capitalists’ process/philosophy/credo, work for the highest wage they can with the best benefits.  They work the absolute minimum hours they must to maintain themselves and their dependents for as long as they can and they contribute as much as possible to their retirement.  They do everything within their power to be and stay healthy and refuse to do work that is a detriment to their health or life away from work.  They continue to work for as many years as possible to take advantage of the higher wages and benefits that seniority and well-earned skills afford them.  They never work without adequate compensation.  They demand the best tools, support and education available and they make use of these resources rather than doing other departments tasks.

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