并且，这些受赡养者对国家的收入只减不增，他们同样抑制消费，因此资本聚集和生产力增长的速度就放缓了。

And because these dependants make a claim on a country's income without adding to it, they also depress savings, thereby slowing the accumulation of capital and the growth of productivity.

youdao

在马克思的思想体系中，资本不是生产要素，也不创造价值，而是反映商品经济的一种社会生产关系。

But according to Marxist theory, as capital itself does not create value, it is not regarded as a production factor, but a reflection of social production relationship in market economy.

youdao