could someone give me a few reasons why living under a profitdriven price system would actually be better than social ownership of the means of production ? A good first start is The Use of Knowledge in Society . Prices contain and spread lots of decentralized information about people ' s preferences and the relative scarcities of different inputs , which are difficult if not impossible to aggregate without markets . <| sep |> But the workers or poorest workers are the ones who feel rising cost of goods the most . <| sep |> I am not trying to criticize you , but maybe it ' s your approach that ' s the main issue . Of course , effort is important . But , it ' s also important you enjoy their company and vice versa and do things together . Wish you luck .