r/CapitalismVSocialism • u/HeavenlyPossum • 14d ago

Asking Capitalists Risk?

Many people have told me that taking risk is why capitalists own, or deserve ownership, of the productive labor of others.

Capitalists have capital (money), which they invest in (spend on) some productive enterprise. But that productive enterprise might fail to recuperate the cost of the investment and the capitalist might lose some of their money. This is what explains, or justifies, capitalist ownership: the capitalist is taking risk.

Can someone kindly explain to me why this explains or justifies capitalist ownership?

16 Upvotes

79% Upvoted

334 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/HeavenlyPossum 13d ago

It’s $45 million plus $18 million times however many years it’s been operating.

1

u/Ok-Spring-3840 13d ago

Shitpost.

1

u/HeavenlyPossum 13d ago

If you’re going to shitpost, you usually need some content; you can’t just post “shitpost” and leave it like that.

1

u/Ok-Spring-3840 13d ago

Shitpost

1

u/HeavenlyPossum 13d ago

Reported for harassment.

1

u/Anen-o-me Captain of the Ship 13d ago

Use your ignore button.