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Originally Posted by Addick
One of the things I find funny about capitalism is how it seems like most people, the majority of which naturally are not business-owners, tend to take the side of the owners. It seems employed workers need to be thankful that they have a job as others are unemployed. However, business-owners don't have to be thankful that they have workers as other businesses-owners have, for various reasons, gone tits up.
I'm not saying people are wrong but it feels like so many are naturally inclined to side with those who have financial resources rather than those who are the human resources. It's funny because most people themselves are the latter.
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In fairness it's the business owners who are taking all the risks by starting up a business with their own money. If it goes tits up they lose all the money they invested in the business. The employees on the other hand have no vested interest in the business other than the fact they get a paycheck for the work that they do.
I tend to side with business owners for the reasons i've stated above. Also if there's profits the employees are eagerly there with hands out wanting a piece of it. When there is a downturn business owners have to fight tooth and nail to get concessions from the employees.
If employees/unions think they can do a better job of running a business then maybe they should invest some of their own money and start a business themselves.