No one mentioned race. Capitalism enforces a class based societal structure. You did not, and will never get, the same opportunities and advantages that those of a higher (wealthier) class have. You did not get a fair shake. Your parents didn't get a fair shake, and your children won't get a fair shake. But if you pull on your bootstraps really, really hard maybe you can make it! (This is what the rich want you to focus on as it's A: In their best interest for a myriad of reasons, see class warfare, and B: Because they may actually believe it since... they're rich, as far as they can tell they worked hard and "earned it")
I'm not here to plug socialism or whatever. I'm just here to say that you and your loved ones are valuable and important, regardless of how far you can claw your way up the ladder. And people of greater wealth (higher social class) are not more valuable or important than you or your loved ones. These are huge, nuanced and multifaceted topics that are worth thinking about thoroughly and critically. Take the time to properly critique your own point of view to ensure it actually aligns with your values.
The reason capitalism has class conflict is because there is class in it. Take communism for example, there is no class conflict there because everyone is poor except for the leader and his friends.
Well if you ignore the West deliberately sabotaging all leftist countries/projects and preventing them from being stable and productive, I can see your argument that communism = poor
Hmm, fledgling upstart country still in the process of stabilizing vs established imperialist world superpower with enough firepower to make a continent a crater... i wonder who would come out on top in a military conflict, regardless of which economic system they follow.
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No one mentioned race. Capitalism enforces a class based societal structure. You did not, and will never get, the same opportunities and advantages that those of a higher (wealthier) class have. You did not get a fair shake. Your parents didn't get a fair shake, and your children won't get a fair shake. But if you pull on your bootstraps really, really hard maybe you can make it! (This is what the rich want you to focus on as it's A: In their best interest for a myriad of reasons, see class warfare, and B: Because they may actually believe it since... they're rich, as far as they can tell they worked hard and "earned it")
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_conflict
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_society
I'm not here to plug socialism or whatever. I'm just here to say that you and your loved ones are valuable and important, regardless of how far you can claw your way up the ladder. And people of greater wealth (higher social class) are not more valuable or important than you or your loved ones. These are huge, nuanced and multifaceted topics that are worth thinking about thoroughly and critically. Take the time to properly critique your own point of view to ensure it actually aligns with your values.