• fort_burp@feddit.nl
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    4 days ago

    I would say that between the concepts of reserve army of labor and the global proliferation of fictitious capital he kind of had an idea of it but yea, maybe he couldn’t have imagined how depraved wealth would make them (what you mentioned + Epstein’s island).

    • Basic Glitch@sh.itjust.works
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      4 days ago

      You just made me imagine Karl Marx emerging from a frozen time capsule ready to do battle against greedy capitalists in 2026, like “Ok what are we fighting against now? Aristocracy in government, labor exploitation, and wage theft?”

      Then somebody “Yes, ands” him before letting him scroll through a news feed, and he promptly vomits and just shuts himself off back in his time capsule.