Two Types of People

There are two types of people (1) those who work for a living and (2) those who own things for a living. Workers and owners. It's a simplification, of course, but I think it helps to make some things clear. 

A capitalist is someone who owns things for a living. Their assets are invested so as to provide for their livelihood. No work is ever required. Capitalists, the owners, are the new "aristocracy" (more accurate the "aristoi"). Even the work of managing their assets is largely done by employees. 

If you work for a living, even if you own your own business, you are not a capitalist.  You might be a fan of people who own things for a living. You might even believe that we have no choice but to let the people who own things for a living run the world to suit themselves. But in the end you're just a collaborator. 

Unless you actually own things for a living, you are not one of them. It's the difference between following a pro sports team, and playing pro sports. To be a capitalist you have to actually make your livelihood from the stuff you own. 

One of the great lies of capitalism is that, if you own stuff you are like them. That owning stuff is the measure of success. The problem is that the stuff that fuels consumerism is not income generating. Having bought some fancy shit, it immediately starts to lose value, and is eventually worthless. For most people the only except is their house. Simply owning non-income generating stuff is counterproductive for working people. It makes it harder to acquire capital assets. 

The distinction also makes it clear what the true relative value of these two classes are. Imagine that all the people who worked suddenly ceased to exist. The owners would die out within a month (most in the first week). Now imagine that all the people who own stuff ceased to exist. All the working people would be considerably better off, especially if we didn't replace the owners. 

So yes, the owning class are in charge. Yes, they do present themselves as better than us. Yes, their rhetoric is powerful. But in reality, owning stuff is a *completely useless occupation* that contributes nothing of value to society. Indeed by creating artificial scarcities owners tend to create the conditions for social inequality, political corruption (and fascism), and economic instability. 

We can do without owners. We cannot do without workers. We really don't need anyone to just own stuff and make no other contribution.