"Capitalism doesn't reward hard work. It punishes it." Thoughts on this statement?

[Kingofkings1992]

Agree

Disagree

Other (explain in comments)

[Zack-Bann]

Capitalism is real freedom.
It asks you for nothing.
It offers you nothing.


You’re welcome to come in and earn.


You can even lie and cheat if you can get away with it.


But one thing you can’t be is lazy.


And any alternative to capitalism involves becoming literal slaves to a government working for no rewards as wealth is distributed at the will and by the quantity dictated by the system in charge.


This picture and all those like it are pathetic attempts at tricking the young and weak minded into thinking they are being played.
When in reality they have the choice to be on that table or sitting on the chair.
A choice they won’t have anywhere else


And that’s why communist shit holes around the world don’t suffer from mass immigration problems, because no one with a brain would willingly subject himself to that vile practice of human torture.

[indissoluble]

Capitalism is designed to penalize inefficiency because wasted time and resources reduces profit. It doesn't really matter what method you choose to become more efficient than your competition, you just have to beat them in one way or another. That could be, because you have more endurance, more strength, you work longer hours every day, you have smart systems to do the same job easier, you've invented technology that does the same job for you, etc. The system doesn't care on how you get there... You just have to win the arms race in one way or another.

[FreyaRed]

In most cases it's true. However sometimes when you have real opportunity to make money you shouldn't be lazy.

[noohair]

Go to the Hillsdale College website and take some courses on Capitalism. They are paid by others for you. Maybe you will discover the truth about how our government has corrupted the free market system. That is why everything seems to be unfair to you. https://online.hillsdale.edu/

[lightbulb27]

It rewards success but also takes advantage of weakness. It cares not about anything other than money

The more success you have, the more you can influence the system.

Capitalism is more like nature, where money is power.

[jshm2]

Capitalism is about profiteering.

Hence why the boss of a company could be doing nothing, but expect his employees to give 101%

[usernameobvious]

Agreed, more for the richer , peanuts for the poorer

[Just_Ken]

Socialism doesn't. That's why people flee to capitalism from socialism.

[Chazmatazz269]

Capitalism as we know it primarily rewards people who help the rich get richer.

[exitseven]

Disagree, although there is no guarantee that if you work hard you will succeed

[darkcloud1945]

The more you make for yourself and family the more the AMERICA LAST DEMOCRATS wants more of what you have and not work for it!

[msc545]

Capitalism doesn't reward hard work. It punishes it. Capitalism actually rewards cheating and scamming and law breaking

[msc545]

This is part of why companies have such an appetite for AI. They dream of the day when AI will allow them to replace workers so that they don't have to pay for labor.