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Capitalism is an economic system where industry is controlled by private owners for profit.
Every single transaction is about increasing profit.
The medicine you use. The daycare you send your kid to. The groceries you buy.
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Every single transaction is about increasing profit.
The medicine you use. The daycare you send your kid to. The groceries you buy.
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It’s easiest to maximize that profit by driving down the cost of production.
So you cut wages + increase the work day.
And you use the cheapest ingredients in the most unsafe warehouses.
And you avoid the expenses of quality control or safety label warnings.
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So you cut wages + increase the work day.
And you use the cheapest ingredients in the most unsafe warehouses.
And you avoid the expenses of quality control or safety label warnings.
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Collectively, as a people, we decided to limit this unvarnished pursuit of profit by instituting regulations that curb capitalism.
8 hour work day
child labor laws
FDA for health standards
Environmental controls
safe workplace requirements
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The driving force behind these changes were workers themselves who came together and demanded that people come before profits.
We call them unions.
But there’s one political party hellbent on destroying unions—hellbent on harming workers’ health and depressing our wages.
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We call them unions.
But there’s one political party hellbent on destroying unions—hellbent on harming workers’ health and depressing our wages.
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And they’re doing it under the guise of “limiting government.” Of ending “useless regulations” and stopping “government overreach.”
It sounds good. Make government the bad guy.
Particularly a government that cares about people + children + health + safety the bad guy.
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It sounds good. Make government the bad guy.
Particularly a government that cares about people + children + health + safety the bad guy.
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Because that’s what the ballgame is about—rolling back the rules that cut into the profits made by corporations.
That’s what it’s been about for more than 100 years.
That’s what it’ll be about 100 years from now.
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That’s what it’s been about for more than 100 years.
That’s what it’ll be about 100 years from now.
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Demanding safety for workers.
Demanding safe products for consumers.
Demanding an education for children.
Demanding healthcare for human beings.
Demanding clean air for all living things.
That’s not socialism—it’s regulated capitalism.
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Demanding safe products for consumers.
Demanding an education for children.
Demanding healthcare for human beings.
Demanding clean air for all living things.
That’s not socialism—it’s regulated capitalism.
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It’s having rules on the playground so that folks still have fun + learn + grow, but do it safely.
It’s putting all people first—not just *certain* people.
And that’s the real difference.
Democrats believe in liberty and justice for all—not just those who can afford it.
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It’s putting all people first—not just *certain* people.
And that’s the real difference.
Democrats believe in liberty and justice for all—not just those who can afford it.
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