One of the leftist claims going around sounds like this:
Buying and selling is NOT capitalism. That’s trade. Capitalism is an employee generating $1,000 of value an hour but being paid $16.
I reply that an employee selling $1000 of merchandise isn’t the same thing as generating revenue.
An employee doesn’t generate $1000 of value in an hour. Let’s say that employee works at an Apple store. That employee is the clerk who sells a $1000 phone. Did that employee generate $1000 in value? No.
That phone had value when it came into the store. The store had overhead and value.
The owner of that store provided the phone, the store, its operating expenses, the taxes, and the insurance. I point this out, and get this in return:
Awwww did someone never take a business or finance class? Is it hard being so stupid?
It just gets so tedious. Aren’t we at the stage yet where we can toss commies out of helicopters?
9 Comments
Anonymous · April 21, 2026 at 8:03 am
An autoworker might generate $1000 or more per hour, but they do not do it alone. The Company provides the environment, set-up and material inputs, and accordingly needs to retain some of that value to pay the operational costs. Factor in legal costs, the cost of the existence of the UAW, costs of environmental regulation, insurance, and twenty other costs, and sometimes there is little remaining to pay the worker as much as they might ignorantly believe they’re “entitled” to. 🙂
Divemedic · April 21, 2026 at 9:28 am
The conversation where this happened, the poster was specifically talking about retail sales. Then they went on to say that retail should be on commission. That was when I replied that a cashier who sells $1000 on commission would earn perhaps $20 on that sale at 2% commission, but on a slow day they might not earn anything.
CE · April 22, 2026 at 10:28 pm
Thanks. Remember the early 90’s, one of the talking points related to something called OBE, which std for “Outcome Based Education.” Fast forward to today, and witness …… the result of OBE. I couldn’t bear the anguish of attempting to communicate with a sales clerk who believes they somehow deserve the equivalent of an accident lawyer’s share ( 33%) of a transaction. The thought of such anguish makes me a quiet person lately.
Will · April 21, 2026 at 9:14 am
It surely amazes me what people will say when hiding behind a computer that they would never be brave enough to say to your face.
LoFan John · April 21, 2026 at 11:22 am
“Capitalism” is a term made up by Marx (and maybe Engels) and described in certain ways as a needed contrast to the postulated virtues of their Communism. People who talk about what “Capitalism” is and how it works are almost always doing that same thing. Capital is capital, whoever has it, and markets are free or they are not. Anti- capitalism is anti-freedom.
ghostsniper · April 21, 2026 at 4:06 pm
The arguer suffers from 2 common ailments today, extreme laziness, and a very low Intelligence Quotient.
Brought on no doubt from being raised in a broken family by a single mother that thought coddling will fix everything.
Probably at least half all the people born in the 80’s up to now suffer similarly.
This can’t continue indefinitely.
TRX · April 21, 2026 at 4:55 pm
> It just gets so tedious. Aren’t we at the stage yet where we can toss commies out of helicopters?
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Given how much helicopters cost to operate, I vote for wood chippers.
Himself · April 22, 2026 at 6:39 am
Anonymity is what makes those retards on the web able to say dumb shit like this. Business class my aching ass.
In the retail example, the clerk produced diddly squat. Didn’t make the phone, he’s just selling it. So the answer here is he produced exactly $16 of value each hour he sold something. Probably less since it has to cover the time he’s standing around picking his nose and gossiping.
Steve · April 23, 2026 at 5:59 am
The quotes are a perfect example of the Dunning-Kruger Effect. He is not only incompetent but also lacks the ability to recognize his own incompetence.
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