rekit_nakkor on Nostr: I think this reasoning is due to confusion of terminology and the pervasive ...

I think this reasoning is due to confusion of terminology and the pervasive dishonesty we have in our societies. Capitalism is a system where you have capital owners that reap the benefit of just owning stuff and workers who have to contribute with labor for being able to get by. The compensation is arbitrary and does not depend on contribution. Socialism on the other hand is a system where the workers own the establishment they work at and may directly reap the benefits of their work. A simplified description that'll have to do. Capitalist states like to say they are socialist states, just as autocraties work hard at appearing as democracies. When people don't know what is what it works really well.