I woke up today and realized Karl Marx is right to an extent

submitted by rubberbiscuit from (self.politics)

I am no expert on the teachings of Karl Marx. So take this with a grain of salt, but to the extent that there are oppressors and oppressed, he is right.

Oppression is not based on race. It is not even based on class, or wealth. It is based on power. The government holds power. The government oppresses us.

Fani Willis oppresses anyone she can, including a former President.

Joe Biden and his minions oppressed that poor Laken Riley and her family through his direct actions.

The federal government is the worst, but state and local governments do the same. Simply forcing you to pay money to them in taxes is oppression.

Then I turn the computer on and the first thing I see is this - https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/now-they-are-targeting-the-amish-5598468?src_src=Morningbrief&src_cmp=mb-2024-03-02&est=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAc%2BMlfBYewJaZzKoPtmpWRbd1xuiBd7EYYrGkKk58xA%2F%2FZAA%3D

Absolute oppression of a people trying to mind their own business not causing harm to anyone. Perhaps they are making money through their friends in agri-business or wherever, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were doing this solely because they can.

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

Communism is a return to the feudal days…there are only two classes: the ruling class and the serfs.

[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

You have taken the broad text book definitions of oppression and oppressed, attributing them to Karl Marx as a truths. Where as Marx's communist beliefs are based on class conflict. When it would have been easier, and more accurate to have simply posted the article:

https://saidit.net/s/politics/comments/cdij/now_they_are_targeting_the_amish/

[–]Rah 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You cannot "mind your own business" because if you do you leave the doors open for the evil-minded to unite and crush those like you. You have a duty to God to uphold His values because He died for you, and if you do not repay this absolute sacrifice, you are damned to suffer for eternity. Freedom can only be found in Christ, because if you are "minding your business" being a slave to your passions, then you are not being free, and only being enslaved by the evil-minded seeking to profit from your folly.

[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hitler was a vegetarian.