Does the person believe
that in the absence of minimum-wage and pro-union legislation, the greed of
businessmen and capitalists would drive wages to or below the point of minimum
subsistence?
Does the person believe
that in the absence of maximum-hours laws, the greed of businessmen and
capitalists would increase the length of the working day to an unendurable
length, e.g., 18 hours?
Does the person believe
that in the absence of laws regulating working conditions, the greed of
businessmen and capitalists would make working conditions unendurable as well?
Does the person believe
that in the absence of laws preventing it, the greed of businessmen and
capitalists would force even 3-year-old children to work in mines?
Again, does the person
believe that all that stands in the way of this nightmare-world, allegedly ready
to be unleashed by the unrestricted operation of capitalism and the profit
motive, is legislation?
“Yes” answers to these five
questions clearly show that the person holds Marx’s view of capitalism. This
view of capitalism appears to be held¸ and to have been held for well over a
century, by virtually all Democrats and perhaps half or more of the
Republicans.
It is only the smallest of
steps to go from Marx’s view of capitalism to advocacy of socialism. Marx’s
view of capitalism implies that it is inherently evil, and thus must be
abandoned. Socialism and its alleged love of humanity then appear to be the
logical replacement.
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