But the following pre-text is needed: “A socialist will look at this and see a comic about the rich exploiting the poor. A capitalist will look at this and see a comic about why you should start your own business instead of making someone else rich. Which do you see?”
Indeed, if the rich man got the money from the poor guy, why didn’t the poor guy do it himself?
I see neither; both are incorrect. The laborer does not make $100 worth of products a day. The businessman, in the 6th passage, is incorrect.
Working for yourself as opposed to for someone else is not “making yourself rich versus making someone else rich”.
Why Marx’s Exploitation Theory Is Wrong (Joseph Salerno explains Böhm-Bawerk)
Gotta throw a shoutout to bitbutter for any who haven’t caught it (plus it kind of belongs in this thread.)
