The Problems of CapitalismWhat's wrong with capitalism? Capitalism is the control of the many by a very few greedy, property-owning men, who own the labor of others. What is the life of a child in 1840. An interview with an average working class child will remember this in detail. It goes like this: How old are you? - Fourteen. What is your profession? - Manufacturer of blankets. Have you ever worked in a factory? If so, at what age did you start? - Yes, at eight years old. Indicate the working hours during the period in which you first went to the factory, during normal hours? - From 6 in the morning to 8 in the evening night. How long was your lunch and rest break?--One hour to noon. When trading was brisk, what were your hours?--From 5 in the morning to 9 in the evening How long was your dinner break? - - An hour. How long have you lived? to the mill? About two miles. During those long working hours you could be punctual; how did you wake up? I rarely woke up spontaneously; I was usually woken up or out of bed, sometimes put to sleep, by my parents. Were you always on time? - No. What was the consequence if you were too late? - Most of the time I was beaten. Seriously? - Very severely, I thought. In those mills does the punishment towards the last part of the day continue several times? - Yes, several times. So that you can hardly stand in a mill without hearing constant crying? - Never an hour, I think. At the time when you were beaten for not keeping up with your work, were you eager to do it if you could? - Yes; the fear of being beaten if we couldn't keep up with our work was enough of an impetus to hold ourselves back if we could. When you returned home in the evening after this ordeal, did you feel very tired? Very. do you have any time to be with your parents and receive instructions from them? No. And if you had arrived too late would you have been afraid of being cruelly beaten? I was usually beaten when it was too late; and when I got up in the morning the fear was so great that I ran and cried all the way to the mill. This child has no name or face in the capitalist system. “It” is treated as a commodity to be purchased and exploited by the bourgeoisie.