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[–]Jackalope 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

That is pretty funny.

In all seriousness though, Marx's critiques of capitalism are largely on the money, although his solution clearly wasn't the answer. I don't know of any serious economist who hasn't read this or wouldn't acknowledge that it is an extremely important work.

[–]JasonCarswell 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

^

The real problem is all things top-down.

[–]LarrySwinger2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Are you sure you aren't talking about Das Kapital?

[–]Jackalope 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You're right Larry, was conflating the two works there, thanks for pointing that out.

And wow, a saiditor who actually knows Marx, I get tired of explaining to people that communism is public ownership of the means of production, and not vax mandates, or what China is doing