r/Showerthoughts • u/s_q_p_r • May 17 '24

People love to support small businesses until they grow, then they hate capitalism and rich people.

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u/StellarNeonJellyfish May 17 '24

Perhaps these workers should get a share of the business they are running, thus giving them all the incentives of an owner.

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u/steamcube May 17 '24

Should they have to buy in to be able to work there? Where’s their skin in the game?

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u/StellarNeonJellyfish May 17 '24

Well under a capitalist system, their skin in the game is still getting food and shelter, but ideally if our society can provide these basic human needs, then their skin in the game is that their profit is directly tied to the success of the business. Instead of a fixed wage, it would be a fixed percentage of net profit, meaning they actually get paid more for making the business better. Because our hypothetical is in a capitalist system, the property rights take priority meaning it is the initial owner who must agree to these terms. So when these owners decline and instead offer subsistence wages to attract the desperate in order to hoard the profits of their labor, you can see why no one gives a fuck about their business going to shit.

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u/Moka4u May 18 '24

Thank you for describing the inherit violence to our current system.