Capitalism is about the means of production being privately owned. It's quite possible to have a socialist society in which you get what you can pay for.
> It's quite possible to have a socialist
> society in which you get what you can pay for.
Of course it is, but that's not relevant to the point being made.
> Capitalism is about the means of
> production being privately owned.
... with the subsequent implication that things need to be operated for profit. As a result people have to pay for their services, so people can only get what they can pay for, which is the point.
Going back to the original comment[0]:
> ... you get what you pay for. It creates
> a classist, elitist society.
My point is that this is unavoidable under capitalism.
Capitalism => private ownership of production
=> operation for profit
=> charging for services
=> only get what you pay for
=> classist, elitist society
(according to kafkaesque[1])
This may not be limited to capitalism, but it is an unavoidable consequence of it.
Going back to the original comment[0]:
My point is that this is unavoidable under capitalism. This may not be limited to capitalism, but it is an unavoidable consequence of it.[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10100170
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=kafkaesque