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"To the capitalist, every luxury of the worker seems to be reprehensible, and everything that goes beyond the most abstract need – be it in the realm of passive
by analognoise 4y ago
"To the capitalist, every luxury of the worker seems to be reprehensible, and everything that goes beyond the most abstract need – be it in the realm of passive enjoyment, or a manifestation of activity – seems to him a luxury."
Karl Marx.
- Dalewyn 4y agoIndeed, luxuries are reprehensible if they actually can't afford them due to necessities needing priority. It's this thing called balancing a budget, handy skill to know. If they can afford luxuries (there's nothing bad with being luxurious), they don't need any financial help because they clearly have more than enough spare cash. If you're going to ask me for money or otherwise complain about not having money, make your case first by not spending money on frivolous luxuries.
- analognoise 4y agoYou're inflicting a non-human amount of suffering on someone because they had the temerity to be poor? They should afford no paint to make art with, no weekly coffee, because the greedy capitalist class has decreed that their housing should eat up 100% of their pay and they should be happy with this? I would rather we burned such a system down than continue it.