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[–] rocket_dragon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 107 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This reads like the wealthy realizing, in real-time, that the poor can't spend money they don't have, more than anything else.

If only someone warned them about this!

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, that's like, the most classic of Marxism

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Pretty sure Adam Smith and Karl Marx both understood that one

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even Henry fucking Ford understood that

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 7 points 1 year ago

And he was a goddamned Nazi.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 4 points 1 year ago

I think a lot of capitalists would believe the two to be mortal enemies. I suspect that they would enjoy debating their ideas over a cup of joe and tea.

[–] gloktawasright@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Gone are the days of well educated elites. Now we have the scourge that is the putrified remains of ruling class’s shit.

Enlightened self interest? How about unchecked greed and moral bankruptcy instead?