Engels quote

“Distress due to poverty gives the worker only the choice of starving slowly, killing himself quickly, or taking what he needs where he finds it — In plain English, stealing. And it is not surprising that the majority prefer to steal rather than starve to death or commit suicide.”

• Friedrich Engels, from The Condition of the Working Class in England, 1845.

Anywho, Engels had no idea what he was talking about.

Capitalism and pro-free market policies have consistently proven to be the most effective and sustainable way of improving the lives of the least fortunate.

Capitalism lowers inequality, but even when people advance ahead of us financially, their productivity helps society.

The great achievements of capitalism have primarily benefited the ordinary citizen, not the wealthy.

Capitalism is better for the working class.

Capitalism is trusted because it is resilient and has been pulling people out of poverty for decades.