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Philosophis Pony
1st December 2011, 17:11
I am creating a debate essay and I have written a few drafts but I am having trouble locating concrete specific examples of opression against the people in capitalism and how the government is undermining and abusing us. I was wondering if anyone could list out some very specific events that the USA has done against its citizens as examples of capitalism? :confused:

TheGodlessUtopian
1st December 2011, 17:14
The exploitation by the bourgeoisie would be a good place to start.

For instance: A worker is "employed" by a corporation to work at ten dollars an hour.In that hour he makes a hundred dollars in profits for the corporation.What is his pay? It is actually a hundred dollars but since the capitalists need profits they pay the workers only a fraction of what he made (the ten dollars an hour) and pocket the remaining ninety.

Os Cangaceiros
1st December 2011, 17:19
I am creating a debate essay and I have written a few drafts but I am having trouble locating concrete specific examples of opression against the people in capitalism and how the government is undermining and abusing us. I was wondering if anyone could list out some very specific events that the USA has done against its citizens as examples of capitalism? :confused:

Institutional racism in the American South, perhaps?

NewLeft
1st December 2011, 21:15
Theory of imperalism?

piet11111
1st December 2011, 21:19
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_Mine_massacre

Machinegunning striking miners it doesn't get more oppressive then that.

a rebel
1st December 2011, 21:25
you can talk about the exploitation in latin and south america, as well as the history of hawaii.