Like I said before, what we're discussing is the differentiation of a business that succeeds by supply and demand, and one that succeeds using their resources to restrict business for their competitors. If we understand that difference we can see that capitalism isn't the problem, it's that the villains hide behind the guise of capitalism (the same way middle eastern terrorists may hide behind Islam). The result is a misdirection of blame. There's a huge ethical difference here. Honest businesses think about how they can better serve the consumer, dishonest businesses think about how they can sabotage their competition and exploit their consumers and employees. The result is that the jobs they create are paying the bare minimum wage while offering little room for promotion. For many people that kind of job is the only opportunity they have. Think about it, you work a miserable, dead-end repetitive job, and you earn only enough money for rent in a shitty neighbourhood and cheap food. That's about as close to slavery as you can get these days. Whether inadvertent or on purpose, the super-rich create the jobs that keep the lower class from rising up.
Edit: Here's something I was looking for a few posts back
“I will give you an example of how race affects my life. I live in a place called Alpine, New Jersey. Live in Alpine, New Jersey, right? My house costs millions of dollars. [some whistles and cheers from the audience] Don’t hate the player, hate the game. In my neighborhood, there are four black people. Hundreds of houses, four black people. Who are these black people? Well, there’s me, Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z and Eddie Murphy. Only black people in the whole neighborhood. So let’s break it down, let’s break it down: me, I’m a decent comedian. I’m a’ight. [applause] Mary J. Blige, one of the greatest R&B singers to ever walk the Earth. Jay-Z, one of the greatest rappers to ever live. Eddie Murphy, one of the funniest actors to ever, ever do it. Do you know what the white man who lives next door to me does for a living? He’s a ******* dentist! He ain’t the best dentist in the world…he ain’t going to the dental hall of fame…he don’t get plaques for getting rid of plaque. He’s just a yank-your-tooth-out dentist. See, the black man gotta fly to get to somethin’ the white man can walk to.”
- Chris Rock
Source: africa-will-unite
