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The bourgeoisie are middlemen

In the market, you have three main groups: the workers, the bourgeoisie, and the consumers. The workers produce for the consumers, the bourgeoisie own the means of production, and the consumers pay for what the workers produce. I ask, why don't we just have workers and consumers. The workers produce and the consumers pay, allowing the workers to continue producing. What use is there for the bourgeoisie? What key task is there that they can do but the worker cannot? The answer is none. The worker can do anything the bourgeoisie does and more. Though actually, that's not true. There is one thing that only the bourgeoisie can do: own the means of production. That's it. And why is it important that someone owns the means of production? Because capitalism requires it. If the worker stops producing, the consumer stops paying. If the consumer stops paying, the worker stops producing.…


In the market, you have three main groups: the workers, the bourgeoisie, and the consumers. The workers produce for the consumers, the bourgeoisie own the means of production, and the consumers pay for what the workers produce. I ask, why don't we just have workers and consumers. The workers produce and the consumers pay, allowing the workers to continue producing. What use is there for the bourgeoisie? What key task is there that they can do but the worker cannot? The answer is none.

The worker can do anything the bourgeoisie does and more. Though actually, that's not true. There is one thing that only the bourgeoisie can do: own the means of production. That's it. And why is it important that someone owns the means of production? Because capitalism requires it. If the worker stops producing, the consumer stops paying. If the consumer stops paying, the worker stops producing. If the bourgeoisie stop owning the means of production, capitalism stops functioning. But while we need people to produce and pay for that production, we don't need capitalism.

Then why do we have it? Because the bourgeoisie need it. They have forced upon us a system that fails the moment they aren't in control. They've created a false need for themselves. And when they're in control, they underpay the workers and overcharge the consumers. They take from transactions between the other two groups without giving anything of equal value in return. They are middlemen and we should cut them out accordingly

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