"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."
- Winston Churchill
The wonderful thing about capitalism in a free country is anybody can participate. The people who don't are the ones who hate it.
The owner of the beverage store I patron is a guy from India. He came here, worked hard, finally opened up his own store and worked it day and night seven days a week. Now he has employees and a good customer base. He parlayed his money into rental property and became a landlord on top of his business. Two years ago he purchased a hotel outside of town in the next county, and his wife quit the beverage store to run that.
In all the time I've been shopping there, I never once seen him take a break. If he's not stocking shelves or running the lottery machine, he's doing paperwork and ordering products. If he's not doing that, he's hanging new signs on the window or cleaning the counter.