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The shift in the use of "capitalism" to mean solely the capital class and not small business owners is a return to the actual meaning. With any exploitative mi
by drewcoo 5y ago
The shift in the use of "capitalism" to mean solely the capital class and not small business owners is a return to the actual meaning.
With any exploitative minority of people, it's in their best interests to convince large groups of people that they're all really part of the same club. It makes the exploited less likely to end the exploitation. Or end the exploiters.
And I don't just mean capitalists. Consider the way both ridiculous, unpopular mainstream political parties use wedge issues to scare people into following them even though they are both known to be corrupt machines full of greedy, self-seeking people. Etc.