Rent is theft. Profit is theft. Interest is theft. Look, it isn't complicated. If you are making money that didn't come from your own labor, then it is coming from someone else's labor. You are stealing their money.
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Honest question: is this some academic definition of "profit" I'm not aware of? I don't fully understand how, say, painting a picture and selling it for more than the cost of materials is theft.
I mean profit from a business that hires workers, not profit gotten from your own labor, i.e. dividends to the shareholders, etc.
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So, just to be clear, if I’ve earned everything, by working extra hours, weekends and saved by not going out, and limit my expenses at the cost of my own comfort and leisure; and then invested to have my own business, then buy property, and may be even lend money, am I a thief?
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Crony-capitalism...chasing money As opposed to Capitalism...creating value
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But the workers profit from their labor. That allows them to purchase goods and if they are thrifty to improve their lot in life. Even China has embraced that.
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So if I hire someone to organize my materials so I can focus on making art. That's theft?
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So investments of all kinds is thieft?
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I have worked for several failed startups, and got a nice salary in each. Without profits to recoup such losses, why would investors invest in any startup?
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Magic, just like every other aspect of their theory
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