In search of various patterns, I came across a very interesting line of reasoning. It happened somehow by accident, so to speak by itself in a conversation with my best friend. And this line of reasoning was about our "Capitalist Society". A society based on private property.
So I will give a number of formulations from Wikipedia in order to make it clear what further logical reasoning will be based on.
Term 1. Slavery.
Slavery is historically a system of social organization, where a person (slave) is the property of another person (master, slave owner, master) or the state. Previously, captives, criminals and debtors were taken as slaves, and later civilians who were forced to work for their master.
Term 2. Feudalism.
Feudalism (from Lat. Feudum - flax, feudal land ownership) is a socio-political structure characterized by the presence of two social classes - feudal lords (landowners) and commoners (peasants), occupying a subordinate position in relation to the feudal lords; feudal lords are thus bound to each other by a specific type of legal obligation known as the feudal ladder. Feudalism is based on feudal ownership of land.
Term 3. Capitalism.
Capitalism is an economic system of production and distribution based on private property, universal legal equality and free enterprise. The main criterion for making economic decisions is the desire to increase capital, to make a profit.
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And so … I'll start …
As we are told in various smart textbooks, educational institutions, media and other places … as well as our "smart" politicians, it all happened like this:
At first there was slavery, then it was replaced by a more developed structure, Feudalism, and then when feudalism reached its peak it evolved into capitalism. And now the question arises …
And what really changed during these transitions? What is the difference between slavery, feudalism and capitalism, and what has developed over all these thousands of years? I will try to give answers to these questions.
As can be seen from the definition of the term "Slavery", the resulting model is obtained as follows:
There is a slave owner and a slave. The slave owner has absolute power over the slave. Also, the slave owner makes the slave work for himself and bring profit by slave labor, however, in order for the slave to work for a long time and bring in a lot of profit, the slave owner had to take care of him: feed, provide medical care, and so on. The slave, in turn, with some kind of fright, was the property of the slave owner and had to give his life for the sake of the owner. And all that is good, however, with an increase in the number of slaves, it was difficult to keep track of them, epidemics of the plague and other things could cause tremendous damage to the slave owners. Also, the slave owners had to take care of their protection, and the guards also left the slaves, and there were guards and raised uprisings and killed their own masters. So the slave owners had the following problems with slaves:
1. Provision of housing.
2. Providing food and water.
3. Providing protection.
4. Providing medical assistance.
5. Possible riots.
And surprisingly, feudalism solved some of these problems. As you can see, slavery simply changed the form of ownership, or rather expanded it, and uneducated people still could not guess that slavery had not gone anywhere. Simply, during the transition to feudalism, the slave owner did not have to give housing to the slaves, they built it themselves, on its territory, and the slave owner did not have to provide food and water, because people themselves raised (hunted) generally got food for food, and then taxes appeared. And taxes are the cream that the slave owner removed from his slaves. Net profit, so to speak. But feudalism solved only 2 problems out of 5.
And the feudal lords began to think. How to solve all these problems? And a brilliant thought came: “Why shouldn't the slaves be forced to do everything themselves, and so that they themselves would like to work and make a profit, and not from under the stick” And this idea was embodied in life in the form of capitalism. In capitalism, a certain "capital" rules everyone, but the very same slave owners take the cream off (they have not changed at all), and the so-called middle class accepts all the leftovers from their table with great gratitude.
What problems does capitalism solve?
Solves the problem with housing. The slave now has to buy his own home, and not someone to give him.
Solves the problem with food and water. If you work there will be livelihood, you will not.
Solves the problem with protection. Slaves protect themselves from each other, not someone centralized. All armies consist of hired slaves who are ready to give their lives for "capital". This is akin to belief in God, only now "capital" is a universal god.
Solves the problem of medical assistance. The slaves themselves, for "capital", are ready to treat other slaves, or rather to weld on their diseases. Because the more serious the illness, the more cream the slave owner will get and the more leftovers will fall from his table.
Solves the problem with riots. Slaves are so busy getting food, shelter, medical help, protection and other things that there is simply no time left for riots.
And most importantly, he solves the problem of labor of slave owners, now nothing needs to be done to skim the cream. The cream is served by itself.
That is why capitalism is considered the ideal stepping stone in evolution. He solved all the problems of the slave owners, now they can only skim the cream and kick the bald, and the anthill itself works without their participation.
But it is important to understand that there are still the same slave owners and the same slaves. And I and most of those who read this article are also slaves, it is we who feed on other people's scraps. We are the ones who serve the cream on the table for the slave owners. And it becomes a shame that the majority of the people do not understand this. Few people understand that he is just a pawn or an ant who will be crushed. But everyone almost unanimously yells that capitalism is damn power, it is the best system for distributing resources. Class. The best. When all the best goes to the slave owner and to those who got the best only leftovers from his table. Is this the best in your opinion?
Although, I don't want to prove anything to anyone. Thus, we see what is hidden behind the curtain of capitalism. We can change this and not only can, but we need to change it to a different resource allocation model. So that everyone gets what they deserve, and not leftovers.
We lived in a great free country, but we were taught that we are slaves! Now we are pitiful slaves of international capital, and we are being told that we are free as never before !.
