• @[email protected]
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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.

    • qyron
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      27 months ago

      I’m already left leaning. You don’t need to preach to the choir.

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        17 months ago

        Knowing more of the theory is good so that you have the arguments you need to convince the centerists in your life

        • qyron
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          37 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.