Image by Pulpolux !!! via Flickr The most common argument I hear when arguing for the exploitation theory with Anarcho-Capitalists is the concept of Risk which supports the idea that the Capitalist deserves a share of the profits, even though he is not putting any labour in, himself. The argument usually goes somehow like this. [...]
  • winterayars@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    Putting it another way, what’s being described here is not a capitalist. It is a bank or other form of money lender. When you take out a loan the bank is taking a risk that you won’t pay them back, but if you do they get a little extra in the form of interest. You don’t, however, keep paying them for the rest of your life even once the loan is paid off.

    • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPM
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      1 month ago

      No it’s describing the capitalists as well, or more accurately the arguments right libertarians make to argue that capitalists deserve profit for the “risks” of investing their capital.