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[–] rocket_dragon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 97 points 3 months 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 27 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Pretty sure Adam Smith and Karl Marx both understood that one

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Even Henry fucking Ford understood that

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 7 points 3 months ago

And he was a goddamned Nazi.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 points 3 months 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 3 months 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?