This analysis uncovers the uncomfortable truth: capitalism cannot produce universal prosperity without exploiting workers worldwide.
Universal Prosperity Is Impossible Under Capitalism
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Summary
The mainstream narratives rarely confront the fact that capitalism creates prosperity only by offloading suffering onto others. The video clip breaks through the polished myths surrounding capitalism by following the supply chain of a simple smartphone—from Congolese children mining coltan at gunpoint to Chinese workers confined in factories equipped with suicide nets. It demonstrates that capitalism’s celebrated prosperity depends on underpayment, coercion, and violence at every stage of production. Wealth accumulates at the top only because workers at the bottom absorb the cost. The system’s mathematics make universal abundance impossible. Instead of recognizing collective public investment as the true foundation of innovation, capitalist ideology elevates myths of individual genius while obscuring the social structures that make modern production possible. This video shows that confronting economic exploitation requires honest analysis and independent media willing to expose what corporate narratives hide.
- Capitalism’s prosperity depends on systematic extraction and cannot offer universal abundance.
- The smartphone supply chain shows exploitation—from Congolese miners to Chinese factory workers—embedded in everyday consumer goods.
- Corporate profits represent the labor value withheld from those who create it.
- Individual success narratives erase the collective public investment that enables innovation.
- Independent media remains essential for exposing structural economic exploitation.
The VIDEO exposes the simple truth that capitalism works as designed: it produces concentrated wealth by dispersing suffering across global labor chains. Recognizing this reality opens the door to economic systems built on shared investment, democratic ownership, and respect for human dignity. Without such alternatives, exploitation remains an unavoidable feature rather than a flaw.
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