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To: varon
Why do I suspect that Karl Marx is smiling in his grave?

Because this is how he said capitalists behave - steal from the working class to give to the bourgeoisie. What is happening is not socialism. It is state sponsored corporatism a la 3rd world dictatorships.

32 posted on 09/19/2008 6:41:22 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: AndyJackson
What is happening is not socialism. It is state sponsored corporatism a la 3rd world dictatorships.

Sure seems like National Socialism to me.

53 posted on 09/19/2008 7:56:06 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
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To: AndyJackson

FYI: In Marxian terms, the working class (aka the proletariat) is that class that owns no property and has no means of support other than trading their labor-power for wages. The bourgeoisie is the property-owning middle class — those who own their own businesses (shopkeepers, family businesses, etc.) and live off the investments they have made in them rather than wages. The capitalist class is the class that obtains wealth by exploiting the labor-power of the proletariat acting upon the productive capital (aka the “means of production”) that they own rather than by their own productive activity.


99 posted on 09/19/2008 9:23:44 PM PDT by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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