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You're just describing class struggle and industry, not capitalism specifically. Capitalism was once revolutionary against feudalism, as the bourgeoisie replac
by lucian1900 5y ago
You're just describing class struggle and industry, not capitalism specifically.
Capitalism was once revolutionary against feudalism, as the bourgeoisie replaced the nobility as the ruling class. But that hasn't been the case for centuries.
- defaultprimate 5y ago[flagged]
- lucian1900 5y agoYou're conflating the ideology capitalism uses to justify and maintain itself with its actual material reality. It's not a surprise, considering this ideology (liberalism) is fundamentally idealist and not materialist. Have you actually read Marx or Engels? You'll find a holistic understanding of capitalism and its roots, its upsides and its downsides.
- defaultprimate 5y ago[flagged]
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- cloudfifty 5y ago> considering Marx was a literal man child I must ask. Why, according to you, was he a "literal man child"?
- defaultprimate 5y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30275285 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30275285
- cloudfifty 5y ago
- defaultprimate 5y agoCool, what does that have to do with the verifiable facts about who he was as a person and the role they played in his writings and philosophy?