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How does resentment-fuelled classwar!-style rhetoric contribute to this discussion?
by mafribe 11y ago
How does resentment-fuelled classwar!-style rhetoric contribute to this discussion?
- coldtea 11y agoIn that it's an accurate description of the state of the world. Knowing what we do about human history, why would you assume that kindness-filled all-classes-living-in-harmony! rhetoric has much descriptive power? With a king, a feudal lord or a pharaoh you can see the "class" thing and the exploitation immediately -- why think that with a modern man that has 1000x times the money and resources of his fellow citizens it's any different? Because democracy?