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I have come to a realization that the human race is becoming less and less like what we should be, and more and more like common cattle. Because of the capitalist view of supply and demand, workers, as time goes on, can and will be paid less and less. As the supply of workers increases, only the truly skilled keep their standard wages while everyone else is forced into a state of poverty, because of the demand for common labor is forced down. The same concept can be applied to rent. As the supply of tenants increases, landowners can charge more and more just to let the worker have a home, and it need not even be safe or secure. In big cities, even studios or 3/4 room apartments can cost big, which can and does take out too much of a chunk of money from the already dwindling salary of the worker.

Back to the subject at hand. As the capitalist's business grows and flourishes, the workers will not necessarily get any of the profits. Sure, skilled or specialized workers may get a bonus for their "loyalty to the company", but in effect, they only see a tiny fraction of what could have been a million dollar profit. A $500 dollar bonus sent out to 100 workers still leaves $950,000 left to the big wigs of the company. If there is no profit, or the company starts to fail, the big wigs still maintain their own salaries, but fire or severely cut into the worker's wages. This brings me back to the cattle example. If a farm prospers, the cattle don't receive any more food, or better lodgings, the just keep no living the same dull life. If the farm fails, they either all get butchered for less and less, or get sold/traded away.

All of these just lead into the bigger problem: As a civilization prospers, the lowest class, the workers and laborers have to work even harder to tend to their citizens, but the capitalist and landowners see no more work. They just prey on the ever expanding workforce and see it as a way to expand; hire on more workers (immigrants), lower the wages a tad, and see a fat bonus in their pockets.

Now people, are you going to be cattle that feed the capitalists? Are you going to let yourself be poked and prodded into submission only to have your career be brought into a swift end? No! The only resolution: revolution. The workers must revolt and turn the capitalists away. Only as the equal share and distribution of land, capital, and labor can bring true happiness and true equality. The only price? Having people realize that there is more to life that yourself. The average worker needs to realize that they are not as important as the whole; not to be sucked into the Capitalist propaganda, but to learn that as they work hard, not only them, but everyone in the commune will receive the benefits.

Thank you. In my next "update, I will try to cover more on the middle and upper classes, including a diagram of wealth being spread down from generation.

sorry...I always get the two mixed up... sweatdrop

In a metaphorical sense I believe it is accurate to use cattle. Now there are differences like it was previously pointed out by Dis Domnu that cattle don't adapt and think. But in the sense that we depend on the capitalists and do as they will, like cattle, does make the term applicable. Our society has become the puppet and is allowing them to rule us unknowingly through policies and procedures, and really if you think about it, fear. That being said makes capitalism a form of terrorism, does it not? But its not just capitalism that is terrorizing our nation. Not to be anti religious or anything, this is just an obervation. Galeano made a point in his book "Book of Embraces" that terrorism starts in the home. Because of that, we can't see it and the capitalist gain power because of our automatic submission. Now some is a good submission. If the grand majority of people didn't submit to the law, our society would be extremely different. But still, people do deviate from that and crime is committed. But for the most part its effective and in the best interest of people. He also made a point of saying religion was terrorism. well at least institutionalized religion is. One obeys out of the fear that they will be condemmed to hell, or reborn as a cockroach or something to that effect. Terrorism.
Back on topic, in a way yes we can be called "cattle". More of the idea of the dependency is is applicable.