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| Oct 26, 2017 at 13:28 | history | edited | Alecos Papadopoulos | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 25, 2017 at 19:46 | comment | added | Alecos Papadopoulos | @Dunk This is why I prefer to stick with recognizable existing theoretical frameworks, at least as a starting point. Otherwise, the issue becomes a philosophical discussion on all things human, with everybody having a different premise. Usually a stimulating discussion, but not a Q&A activity. | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 19:39 | comment | added | Dunk | I am not happy with my 'reasoning/definition' either but it is what is defined in the dictionary, which is actually even broader and more encompassing than what I wrote. Using my definition, it seems like anybody who gets paid 'capital' for doing anything is essentially a capitalist, which doesn't seem right as it essentially makes the word 'capitalist' fairly meaningless. That seems to contradict that many (if not most) people think the word and what it implies is very important. | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 14:57 | history | edited | Alecos Papadopoulos | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 25, 2017 at 14:09 | comment | added | Alecos Papadopoulos | @user43282 He does, I didn't say otherwise. | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 13:28 | comment | added | user14471 | if the 'freelancer' does indeed appropriate his/her own labor (I'm not saying that he/she actually does or does not do so) why isn't it also the case that the 'small business owner' is similarly 'appropriating' his/her labor when personal labor is relevant for the business? | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 13:09 | history | edited | Alecos Papadopoulos | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 25, 2017 at 11:46 | comment | added | london | @AlecosPapadopoulos, yes, the original marxist ideology was more about wage labour than other issues. But then, answering 'No' to OP's question is probably not appropriate here. You may want to edit your answer by providing a bit more context to your point? | |
| Oct 24, 2017 at 23:27 | comment | added | Alecos Papadopoulos | @Dunk I provided the answer that the original marxist theory would give. But certainly anybody can re-define the content of the term "capitalist" in many plausible ways, and then apply it to infer who is capitalist and who is not. | |
| Oct 24, 2017 at 22:46 | comment | added | Dunk | I think limiting the definition to using "other people's labor" is far to extreme. A capitalist is simply someone who uses the "capital" they own to make more "capital" to own. The freelancer's capital is their skill and the tools they own which are used to create a product which they sell to bring in more capital for them to own. Thus, seems like a capitalist to me. I think the key tenets are "ownership" and "uses capital to make more capital" | |
| Oct 24, 2017 at 21:19 | history | answered | Alecos Papadopoulos | CC BY-SA 3.0 |