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NYT mask off “if we want public office to have integrity, we might be better off eliminating elections altogether.”(i.imgur.com)

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Super_Soviet_Gundam 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun 9 months ago

You know why I keep harping on Neofeudalism? Because of this shit right here promoting a permanent ruling class separate from and untouchable to the masses.

Xeenophile 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun 9 months ago

Well, that's what "capitalism" always was, now wasn't it? I've grown convinced that Marx and Engels actually really screwed things up for the Enlightenment; all they really did was try to make a "science" out of a field that has no business being one, and impose a confusing and divisive new lexicon over ideas that the likes of Thomas Paine, Voltaire, and James Madison had already done an ingenious job with.

It's feudalism versus democracy. Always was. Same struggle since 1776.

captainramen🇺🇸🛠️ MAGA Communist 🛠️🇺🇸 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun 9 months ago

Eh, it's some of the same people as feudalism but their relations to the forces of production are different. Don't forget that under feudalism the lord has obligations to the people under him. Under what is commonly referred to as capitalism (but is actually something else) they have no such obligations. Like, you can't even get nuclear war insurance for some reason

Originally the bourgeoisie were escaped serfs but eventually they merged with some of the inbreeders (e.g. House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) to form the financial bourgeoisie.

3andfro 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun 9 months ago

Because neofeudalism is what we're watching unfold.