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0 pointsggm7mo ago0 comments

What percentage of the income is going towards funding future socialism?

Because if it's not funding the revolution (peaceful or otherwise) why exactly would a leftist applaud these salaries?

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You didn't read marx and the person above you clearly did.

Marx hated the bourgeoisie (business owners, including petite-bourgeoisie AKA small business owners) and loved the proletariat - including the extremely skilled or well paid proletarians.

Marx also hated the lumpen-proletariet - AKA prostitutes, homeless, etc.

ggmOP7mo ago

One of my favourite Marx reminiscences is how his colleagues tried to buy him some IPR to provide for his wellbeing in later life: patent rights. Literally rent seeking on innovation. I'm not sure if it's in Emile Burns biography.

What I did or didn't read is alas occluded from you. The Masereel illustrated woodcuts on a recent edition of the manifesto are wonderful.

anabab7mo ago

wait-wait-wait. So a SWE investing in VT is just a well-skilled proletarian owning a share of the global means of production? is this communism already?

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