Jumpin on 20 October 2012
Capitalism actually isn't about working hard. If that were the case, then passive income sources, such as investments, would not be so much more profitable than hard work. The vast majority of people who work hard are doing it to stay afloat, and retire only to be forced to make their own bread as their main food source to cut expenses down.
Also note that pretty much every country taxes passive income at a lower rate than active income.
Capitalism being about hard work is a myth, it is about exploitation; if you are working hard yourself, you're exploiting yourself and probably for the benefit of someone else's passive income source, who pays less tax than you do.
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
