Capitalism says, "Make money. No matter how much you have, make more. Set price above cost to make room for profit, the more profit, the better."

Capitalist A pays laborer B as little as possible.

Capitalist C charges customer B as much as possible.

Capitalism favors capital. That's why it's called CAPITALISM.

Capitalists treat money like corn, like it can be planted and grow without any loss to labor.

To capitalists, labor is valuable only insofar as it increases profit.

Wage increases are considered inflationary while profit and interest are not.

The most labor can expect is for gains to "trickle down" from profits gushing up.

Socialism is collective ownership. Political democracy is how decisions are made with collective ownership.

The United States Congress belongs to all its citizens and is therefore by definition socialist. Although the word "socialist" is not used to label it, when a government action is proposed, opponents often call it socialistic.

Political democracy can say to labor, "We will take profit from the capitalists and use it to benefit everyone."

Political democracy's problem is information overload.

Elected legislators, always a minority, cannot know specifically what is best for millions of citizens. When they try, they are quickly overwhelmed with information.

Political democracy can define general standard units of weight and measure, including time zones and calendar dates for such things as holidays and elections. Standards liberate people to decide on their own how to use them.

Money remains a problem because governments have not defined a standard unit for their money. Money values are "floating."