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[-] rocket_dragon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 103 points 1 month ago

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 30 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 month ago

Pretty sure Adam Smith and Karl Marx both understood that one

[-] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

Even Henry fucking Ford understood that

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 9 points 1 month ago

And he was a goddamned Nazi.

[-] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month 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 5 points 1 month 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?

this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2025
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