I'm not sure if I'm a socialist but I often think why do the shareholders do nothing but still get money while we workers work our *** off but have to share some of our profits to the shareholders.
Assuming everyone wants to be fair and no one wants to take advantage of others. Everyone wants to get what they deserve.
Let's say a shareholder is the person that has the capital to own or rent the place to do the business, eg. factory, store, office, etc. As well as providing the necessary equipments, parts, and ingredients for the business.
The worker is the person that provides labour and or services and or knowledge to make money.
Then the income would be the total amount of money made by the worker, eg. the total cups of coffee sold, or the total amount of money made in a restaurant, or the total amount gained through selling the finished products to the buyers.
The cost would be the rent for the factory or store or office assuming market price even if the shareholder owns the place. As well as equipment costs, cost of parts, cost of ingredients, electricity, water, and basically every cost that makes the income possible (like the network from the shareholders to get cheaper ingredients, parts, etc).
Now deduct the income from the cost we get the profit. Now is it theoretically fair that the workers should get all the profit? Since all the capital that has been paid by the shareholder has been deducted from the income since all the profit reflects the effort and hard work from workers assuming shareholders didn't join the workforce, the profit should all be given to the workers right? Why in real life do workers only get their salary and the rest goes to shareholder's pocket (assuming profit is positive and total salary < profit and tax is included in costs)?
On the other hand, I'd say because shareholders bare risks and the money they deduct from workers is the money they should get through baring risks.
Then does it mean when profit > total salary (good times or good economy) every body wants to be shareholders because they don't have to put effort to work and still can get money from workers.
On the other hand when profit < total salary, everyone would want to be workers?
But then the shareholder is a human too and has basic needs. He needs money to survive but he doesn't work and only invest hoping to gain a piece of the profit. I'm confused in this loop please enlighten me.
Assuming everyone wants to be fair and no one wants to take advantage of others. Everyone wants to get what they deserve.
Let's say a shareholder is the person that has the capital to own or rent the place to do the business, eg. factory, store, office, etc. As well as providing the necessary equipments, parts, and ingredients for the business.
The worker is the person that provides labour and or services and or knowledge to make money.
Then the income would be the total amount of money made by the worker, eg. the total cups of coffee sold, or the total amount of money made in a restaurant, or the total amount gained through selling the finished products to the buyers.
The cost would be the rent for the factory or store or office assuming market price even if the shareholder owns the place. As well as equipment costs, cost of parts, cost of ingredients, electricity, water, and basically every cost that makes the income possible (like the network from the shareholders to get cheaper ingredients, parts, etc).
Now deduct the income from the cost we get the profit. Now is it theoretically fair that the workers should get all the profit? Since all the capital that has been paid by the shareholder has been deducted from the income since all the profit reflects the effort and hard work from workers assuming shareholders didn't join the workforce, the profit should all be given to the workers right? Why in real life do workers only get their salary and the rest goes to shareholder's pocket (assuming profit is positive and total salary < profit and tax is included in costs)?
On the other hand, I'd say because shareholders bare risks and the money they deduct from workers is the money they should get through baring risks.
Then does it mean when profit > total salary (good times or good economy) every body wants to be shareholders because they don't have to put effort to work and still can get money from workers.
On the other hand when profit < total salary, everyone would want to be workers?
But then the shareholder is a human too and has basic needs. He needs money to survive but he doesn't work and only invest hoping to gain a piece of the profit. I'm confused in this loop please enlighten me.
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