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> What do you think society would look like if you just did away with all the modern conveniences and the "ruling class".

You're drawing an association the ruling class and modern conveniences. Those are two incredibly different things.

I have a really hard time believing that because a small group of people have a disgusting amount of wealth, somehow modern conveniences are "divined" from that




They're not. Someone HAS to work to provide basic necessities like food, electricity, heat, emergency services etc.

What you want is for those plebs to provide that to you, while you essentially become the new ruling class that sits around benefiting off the working peasants.

I love how you hardcore Marxists only take the good parts of what you say while conveniently leaving out the guy that's gonna be wallowing in the ditch for you.


> I love how you hardcore Marxists only take the good parts of what you say while conveniently leaving out the guy that's gonna be wallowing in the ditch for you

Uhh no? I just think that the people working in ditches should be compensated a living wage, preferably through forcing the ultra rich to pay their fair share in taxes and redistributing


It doesn't work like that. Everyone gets brought down, not up.




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