What Happens To Capitalism When Capital Really Isn't A Barrier Anymore?
Capitalism, the word, should be retired. It has no meaning today.
And even worse, people associate "capitalism" with crony-capitalism, central banks, greedy corporations and all that the poor believe is evil in the world.
People believe that we live in a "free market" because they can buy 7 different flavors of Free'tos and the Seven-Leben.
Capitalism was a term that described getting capital (money, power, machinery, factory building, workers) together to build an enterprise. At this time, the banks couldn't just print money. You had to acquire the capital from many sources. Beg, borrow, steal… whatever you had to do to get all the pieces you need together. There was even college classes about getting together capital.
That was capitalism.
Today it means, those who have the ear of the bank, just gets a check written, and then goes and buys all the stuff, and then it is built in China, where they have all the stuff available for sale. This is no longer capitalism, it is Money-Printer-ism.
When it is all about the love of money…
Capitalism gets a bad rap, and maybe it is completely deserved, because you don't amass huge amounts of money if you do not really love the stuff. The rap is that capitalism will sell their grandmother for a price. Things that humans should never do, the lines you should not cross, they are trampled by people seeking another buck.
This is more about psychopaths who get to top of pyramids than it is about capitalism, however, it isn't only about that. There are a lot of people who will do things for money. And enough little corners cut, and people die, people become homeless, people suffer.
Ford Motor Company worked out how much each person killed costs. If it cost more to fix the problem than that, it was considered unprofitable.
The thing about capital having to come from somewhere other than the money printer was very important. The people who had the capital, were members of the society. And so, to lose that was a strong deterrent. Still, it wasn't strong enough. Often the upper class felt themselves above the lower classes, like a King above the peasants.
The plan… and you vill be happy
Right now China is butting heads against the rotschilds who thought they had them in their back pocket.
T.H.E.Y. have chosen to reshore their industries to a country, and a state, that they "own". But T.H.E.Y. aren't going to do it the normal way. T.H.E.Y. intend to replace all the workers with robots and AI. T.H.E.Y. are going to build Silicon Valley 2.0. You can already see where it is going to be by following the lines of burned buildings.
The employees, that will still be needed, will live in 15 minute cities open air prisons. The robots will build the widgets.
T.H.E.Y. think of this as ultimate "capitalism". No laborers to go on strike. No angry mobs storming the castle.
Power to the people
Many things happen, seemingly simultaneously, like the people planned it, or something.
The banks fall. T.H.E.Y. are planning to kill all the little and medium size banks, but then, the people drop the banks, because they are no longer needed. The people can send bitcoin just as easily as banks can send XRP. The banks have been getting rid of the middlemen, and so, the people will get rid of the middlemen, the banks.
Robots make factories without workers. The workers, use robots to make the factories their own. Garage industries and distributed manufacturing become the norm.
Distribution channels break down. Some from natural disasters, some from unnatural disasters. Such as: China tries to take Taiwan, and simultaneously cutting off America from cheap Chinese goods. And then the 3 gorges dam breaks from too much rain. Soooo, no more shipments. Wallymart shelves are barren.
Locally produced, continuous, non-polluting electric production is created. Small communities are built anywhere. The electric grid is no longer a concern.
Local manufacturing means that the jobs are part of the community. The community is part of the jobs. You might say it is a "family" business. The business will never pollute, because they would only be hurting themselves. (unlike a lifeless/soulless corporation might)
People becoming mostly self sufficient. Growing their own food. Making their own clothes. Producing their own electricity.
Basically the corporations will fall apart, and people will become self sufficient, and no one will want to work for the corporations.
So, the corporations are working at getting rid of the people, and although they are not really thinking in these terms, the people are working at getting rid of the corporations.
Capitalism has brought us a long way from the time of serfs and kings, however, its time may be over. I am unsure the next thing will have a name. It won't really be socialism or communism, but the communities could be called communes. It won't really be capitalism because so little capital will be needed. A garage factory with a bunch of 3D printers (or CNC) is really, really cheap compared to machinery of earlier eras.
So, even the original meaning of capitalism will no longer be appropriate for what is coming.
And the banksters will find out that they cannot rule without the consent of the people. The kings are not needed. They will just be forgotten.