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[–] rocket_dragon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 104 points 4 days 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 30 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Pretty sure Adam Smith and Karl Marx both understood that one

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Even Henry fucking Ford understood that

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 5 points 3 days ago

And he was a goddamned Nazi.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 points 3 days 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 4 points 3 days 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?