A Marxist View of Capitalism
Don't have to go far to find this Marxist nonsense, right here on this forum:
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Dr. Who
The nature of capitalism will continue to aggregate the bulk of all capital into the hands of the very few and wages will continue to stagnate. The shrinking middle class will disappear. The same economic factors that led to the French and Russian revolutions will eventually bring down capitalism. I don't know what will replace it.
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Originally Posted by
Dr. Who
Capitalism could not exist without government. Ironically, when capitalism was invented, it was supposed to herald in an era of liberty, equality, fraternity and democracy. Instead it replaced monarchies with oligarchies. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
That's the same historicism socialists propounded at the onset of the Great Depression, the same historicism that led to the horrors of both Nazism and Communism and World War II. Too bad those failed and capitalism continued on.
What I wonder is can that be defended in this day and age?