Isn't labor the most important means of production? In capitalism that's privately owned, and in socialism it's owned communal. Not owning your own labor is a form of slavery to me. And why does the rate of profits fall? Do you have any data on that? The way I see it, corporate profits in the US are at crazy high levels when compared to wage growth and GDP growth. Seems that in some sense, capitalism is working too well... And I disagree with your definition of freedom (but that's OK, since it's a definition!). I think you know mine...