Quote Originally Posted by artemis View Post
"Since this is an era when many people are concerned about 'fairness' and 'social justice,' what is your 'fair share' of what someone else has worked for?" Thomas Sowell
Actually it is labour that does the work to produce the goods or services, while the capitalist does not need to do any work.
Profits from capital invested don’t need to involve work, so labour should get most of the income because they do the actual work while the capitalist sits on the couch. But that is not how it works because capitalism is based on exploitation due to the imbalance of power between capital and labour.
But it is like the myth of the self-made man. Does he grow and cook his own food? He uses the resources of society like roads, electricity, buildings, knowledge, and other people, including his customers.
He is successful because he uses the “common wealth” of society which has been built up by others including previous generations.