One part of this I really like is the idea that capitalism is bad for the rich as well as the poor. And it’s true! There is a real spiritual cost to being an oppressor. This is perhaps too anti-materialist for standard marxism
It is materially bad for the rich as well. It is a process described in the second paragraph of the Communist Manifesto.
Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf, guild-master and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed, stood in constant opposition to one another, carried on an uninterrupted, now hidden, now open fight, a fight that each time ended, either in a revolutionary reconstitution of society at large, or in the common ruin of the contending classes.
The thing that is important to remember is that Capitalism is a system. Individual capitalists hold vast amounts of power over large swaths of the proletariat. As individuals, they might face moral dilemmas. They may could choose to be less exploitative to bring themselves some spiritual tranquility, but as long as the system is intact, they will only be superseded by capitalists who choose to maximize exploitation.
It is materially bad for the rich as well. It is a process described in the second paragraph of the Communist Manifesto.
The thing that is important to remember is that Capitalism is a system. Individual capitalists hold vast amounts of power over large swaths of the proletariat. As individuals, they might face moral dilemmas. They may could choose to be less exploitative to bring themselves some spiritual tranquility, but as long as the system is intact, they will only be superseded by capitalists who choose to maximize exploitation.