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Murdered by Words

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[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The rich don't give up power easily, but they do steal words and concepts in order to undermine them and keep doing what they've always done. Your society never got rid of the rich and powerful, and you called it socialism anyway. That's your problem.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah just like capitalism/merchant guilds didn't actually boot out the aristocracy. It shook things up a bit, but they hung on by doing a rebrand.