1. The United States does operate under a fundamental contradiction. Like stated in the reasons why the class struggle becomes violent under capitalism, the United States has a system where the proletariat contributes the most but gets the least. The United States relies on the proletariat of our country. The proletariat is large; it includes the large middle and lower classes. One could even consider some of the high class as being a proletariat – the workers of our country.
2. Again under the reasons why the class struggle becomes particularly violent under capitalism, the United States has started to become a society where the poor are getting poorer and the richer are getting richer. This one is pretty self-explanatory.
These two reasons give many people a belief that we run under a capitalist economy. However, we have a mixed economy. Capitalism means that industry and trade are controlled by private owners with no regulation by the government. However, our federal and state governments control trade and have regulations about what owners can and cannot do – like monopolize companies.
I do see what you're saying that our government reflects a capitalist style, especially where the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. It's not fair to those who work 40+ hrs a week just so that the upper class can make more money. The workers work to make their money but also to put more money in the upper classes pockets. This reflects on both points, where the proletariat works the most but doesn't gets paid the most, where as the bourgeoisie don't work as much, but get a substantial amount more.
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