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Originally Posted by Vythica
I don't know what else to say other than I disagree with pretty much everything you said.
You are right, this is how things work in a capitalistic society, but that doesn't make it morally right.
Is it right to offer someone 50 cents for a widget that is worth $1? No.
Is it right to right to be forced to accept wages that are lower than what your labour is worth? No.
On that topic btw, everyone is entitled to a living wage. Everyone, regardless of the type of work they do. The one area I think you don't even understand capitalism in is when you said that your boss will try to pay you as much of that $1 wage as he can to keep you working for him. You are dead wrong on that. Your boss wants to pay you as little of that dollar as he can, without you going to a competitor. Why? Simple; more profit for him. That's a basic tenet of capitalism.
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I think part of the problem is that people confuse the Capitalist economic system with the political and socio-cultural elements that are dominant in Capitalist countries.
I don't think systemic change of any type will really create any lasting paradigm shift in thinking/action though. The issue is not merely one of economic structure, but more one of human nature.
So long as WE are unjust, possessive, acquisitive, and unloving in our hearts, then what is in our hearts will continue to flow out into our actions. Even if there were an end to classes, if our hearts are not changed, then we will simply create new classes. It makes me think of private schools where standard uniforms were established to create 'equality'. The students simply began to class students by the things that were not standard; their shoes! No matter what economic or political system we have, what is within us will still find a way out.
The only 'real' change will occur when our hearts change.
If our hearts change, then regardless of whether we live in freedom or servitude, there will be peace.