Communism In America: Part 2

The Minimum Wage

Yes. This is part of Marx's vision of Utopia. The minimum wage is, as Marx puts it: "requisite to keep the labourer in bare existence as a labourer." Meaning it's there because it has to show that you exist. It's for the State, not for you or your company's benefit.

The minimum wage goes much farther back than Karl Marx, but the idea it's not one's capital (what turns one's stuff into your stuff and your stuff only) rather it be, everybody's. You don't work for what is yours. Everything you make is for 'the betterment of society'. If you have a fruit farm and are growing oranges. Let's say I want that orange. I should be able to take it off the tree and eat it right then, and there, right? Why, then, would you be growing these trees if it weren't for the betterment of society? Well, to make a profit, quite frankly. You put hard work into that tree. You used fertilizer, used water, carried that bucket of water to water the tree, you searched each tree to make sure the fertilizer worked and that there are no bugs in your tree. When somebody comes out and decides to take an orange from your tree, you should expect them to pay for it. You in turn get money for that orange, so somebody else can sell you some more water or fertilizer. You're helping society by trading your money for something else that you want, so you can make a profit. The conservative understands this, but the communist does not. Money, or capital, is not good. You don't deserve to get that money. You should pass them out for free.

Now how about hiring somebody? Shouldn't that price of labor be put on how good of a job they do? If you go to a concert and the music is so bad, are you going to ask for your money back? Any sane person would. So why should a person who does less work, get paid the same amount as somebody who is breaking their back? The answer is: uniformity. The communist sees us as workers, as numbers, as a tool to grow the utopia. The Conservative sees the people as an individual. We all have dreams. We are all not workers. We like to do things, see places, go to concerts and shop at malls..We all look forward to the weekend. Shouldn't we be rewarded on our hard work? Why should that hard work be standardized by the government? The answer is this, again: the Communist sees the people as numbers. 

Again, thought, we are not numbers. Numbers are perfect. 2+2 will always equal 4. But a musician and a musician might not put out a musician. A basketball player might arise. We all have dreams, because we are all individual. When we are set to a standard form of income, we are limited in the demand for our service. If Gas goes up in demand, the price will rise. If demand goes down, the price will fall. It's the law of economics, or money, or the market. So, why shouldn't one's pay be based on the same law?