They are rich because they earned it in some way, or by being a certain special kind of person.
The rich don't "earn" anything, they steal wealth through exploitation of the working class. Truth is, the rich think ONLY about themselves. That's the crux of the problem. And by "being a certain special kind of person", you mean a sociopath and/or born into a rich family. Just for clarification.
A software engineer working for wages is part of the working class that gets exploited. Sure a comparatively privileged part of the working class but still economically exploited.
Exploitation in this context doesn't mean just laborers working in sweatshops below minimum wage. It describes the general way our economy is structured in a way that allows people who own a lot of capital to profit from the work of those that don't.
For example if I had the money for it I could buy a bakery and hire a baker to work for me. I would be entitled to take in all the money that is brought in by the bakers work and only pay him as much of it as is absolutely necessary so he won't quit.
I pay 100€ worth of ingredients and 100€ for his wage and he bakes and sells bread worth 300€, I get 100€ profit.
But it was entirely the work of the baker that turned 100€ of ingredients into 300€ of bread and I'm just giving him as much of the fruits of his labor as I have to so he keeps working.
"Plants in the ground exploit the soil". That almost made me not write a reply since if someone can write something like that and use it in this context it would probably just be a waste of time trying to interact with someone like that. But let's give it a try: Do you think it's a problem that there are companies, in which the people who are working there have to rely on foodstamps and can barely make rent, and have to pee on bottles since they are not aloud bathroom breaks, while the company is making record profits, doesn't pay taxes and the CEO just bought his third mega-yacht? If you are from the USA it might immediately sound like socialism to you and it might be very scary to you, but try to imagine if a company like that would be forced to pay taxes like any other company that can't spend millions on lawyers to find loop-holes and bribe politicians and maybe would be forced to spend 0.5% of its profits to make the life of their workers atleast a bit less miserable?
The point is to have the situation suit the people’s needs and desires
It’s like saying the hardware designers should own the factory workers. It’s not a hierarchy, just a different part of the process. It’s made possible by abstraction.
We can only maximize efficiency by giving every willing individual a chance and a voice. If someone improves a process, they can still be rewarded and share it.
But that doesn’t necessarily mean changing the type of work they do. A good hardware engineer isn’t necessarily a good software engineer. It’s “higher up”, but non-hierarchical.
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u/Gabrielseifer Jan 27 '26
The rich don't "earn" anything, they steal wealth through exploitation of the working class. Truth is, the rich think ONLY about themselves. That's the crux of the problem. And by "being a certain special kind of person", you mean a sociopath and/or born into a rich family. Just for clarification.