Tehon
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Labor is the only means by which humans improve upon nature and therefore deserves the higher rank. But we live in a capitalist world and in such a world labor is reduced to a commodity meant to be bought and sold and thus becomes subservient to capital."Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration."Capital comes before labor in the legal code for a reason - capital is formed prior to the hiring of labor. You can't hire a bunch of people first then go out and raise capital. You need the capital to go hire labor. Therefore, capital is prioritized over labor.
President Abraham Lincoln, annual message to Congress, December 3, 1861