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you're right. marxism is intertwined with the idea of a class struggle throughout history. I would say the free market version would be considered aristocrati
by nazgulnarsil 18y ago
you're right. marxism is intertwined with the idea of a class struggle throughout history. I would say the free market version would be considered aristocratic: that it has been a small handful of entrepreneurs in each age that has advanced things. This in spite of the petty concerns of the proles, not because of them.
- netcan 18y agoThe idea of class struggle & the idea that history is a process with a beginning & an end.
- eru 18y agoNo, elitism and free market do not have to go hand in hand. For example look at the "I, Pencil" essay (http://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/rdPncl1.html http://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/rdPncl1.html) that argues that no single person knows how to make a pencil, at least not effectively. People of all walks of live contribute to our economy in varying degrees. The history of science and technology is still told as the history of great men. Just look at the wealth of independent re-inventions, to see that seldom does progress hinge on individuals. I still admire entrepeneurs and great scientists as great role models.
- nazgulnarsil 18y agowait what? what do you call the CEO of the pencil company? none of those individual workers would have jobs if the need for pencils didn't exist and there wasn't someone who was capitalizing on that need. That fact that the most efficient way of doing business in modern times involves shipping materials from many parts of the world is a testament to the efficiency of the market.