• AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Try reading Wealth of Nations, and The Theory of Moral Sentiments, both written by the “Father of Capitalism,” Adam Smith. Those are where the concept of rent-seeking comes from.

    Once you are thoroughly enraged by the fact that we were never supposed to get this far into crony capitalism, then you’ll be prepared to read Karl Marx and Trotsky.

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          7 months ago

          Oh, regardless the latest onslaught of right-wing screwballs let loose, my country is very much left leaning. I’m safe on that front.

          And the last time we had to deal with right wingers, we used force and settled the problem in a day.

          We’re famed for spending our time sleeping but when we do wake up, things get messy. Fast.