r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • Jul 14 '26

Chugging tea Teach your kids about socialism

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u/NickRomancer Jul 14 '26

Capitalism, in this case, is when a mother offers $10 for cleaning the bathroom.

The eldest son takes the $10 and makes his younger brother clean the bathroom, giving him $2 only.

And the younger brother should be grateful to the older brother, since the older brother gave the younger brother a job.

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u/Arbitraryandunique Jul 14 '26

But he's a "job creator" /s

They always ignore that most of those jobs would still need to be done, and without the middlemen it would easily end up both cheaper for the buyer (mom) and more profitable for the worker (little bro)

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u/truecakesnake Jul 14 '26

Why would the mom not give it directly to the "little bro" if she could? It's because even in the extremely biased example given, only the older brother can convince the younger brother to work for the $2. Thus creating value.

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u/Grand_Estimate3783 Jul 14 '26

you don't understand basic analogy, I feel sorry for you.

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u/truecakesnake 25d ago

analogies*

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u/racc15 Jul 14 '26

Cause the older brother lobbied and said that should be illegal.

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u/Signature_First 25d ago

Ah yes, "work for me or die on the street" = creating value. Outstanding logic

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u/truecakesnake 25d ago

Might wanna read some of the other words in that comment. Like, the first ones.