Capitalists are able to purchase labour power from the workers, who can only bring their own labour power in the market. ... This profit is used to pay for overhead and personal consumption by the capitalist, but was most importantly used to accelerate growth and thus promote a greater system of exploitation.

Is capitalism a system of exploitation?

Capitalist exploitation thus consists in the forced appropriation by capitalists of the surplus value produced by workers. Workers under capitalism are compelled by their lack of ownership of the means of production to sell their labor power to capitalists for less than the full value of the goods they produce.

Is capitalism synonymous with exploitation?

Capitalism is not exploitation, rather if left alone, it is an economic system that empowers both workers and employers to engage in mutually beneficial relationships.