The capitalist would not be making any money off of the capitalist endeavor if their workers were not being paid less than 100% of their work&#x27;s value. Incidentally, the economic system is set up in a way to obscure this basic fact. Example:<p>Say a TV is priced at $100, the raw materials to produce the TV costed $24, and all of the depreciated tools in building the TV costed $1 (the tools wear down, eventually requiring replacement). The labor performed by the worker produced $75 of market value.<p>If the capitalist pays the worker the fair $75, the capitalist makes nothing off of this whole coordination. Why in the world would the capitalist do that? Not only can the capitalist not take some of the money for themselves, they don&#x27;t have any money to expand their business. A company that doesn&#x27;t expand is a company that is eaten alive by companies that do expand. If the worker gets the $75, the capitalist isn&#x27;t happy, and the capital isn&#x27;t happy.<p>$30 goes to investment capital, $20 goes to the capitalist&#x27;s wallet. The capitalist pays the worker $25.<p>Software is no exception to this reliable, yet simplified model.