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Do you believe spouting Communist dogma makes you more credible?Almost.
Exploitation of labor in pursuit of accumulating more capital is the primary expression of capitalism.
Notes on Marx’s “General Law of Capitalist Accumulation” | MR Online
When did you join the communist party? Not getting ahead at the office?Capitalism does not reward hard work it rewards extracting surplus value from other peoples hard work at a mass scale.
How does your level of debt today compare to when you began your working life?I've been "exploited" all of my working life, and I'm doing ok. It's not how much you earn, it's how you spend it.
Do you believe Ignorance sets you Free?Do you believe spouting Communist dogma makes you more credible?
'Debt to equity' is the important figure.How does your level of debt today compare to when you began your working life?
Infographic: Driven by Mortgages, U.S. Household Debt Hits New High
That Marxist baloney is outdated. Today the worker can easily succeed, IF he chooses to.Do you believe Ignorance sets you Free?
"Marx knew in the 1860s that 'the absolute' general law of capitalist accumulation could be 'modified in its workings by many circumstances.'
"But in every case, he says, it 'followed that in proportion as capital accumulates, the situation of the worker, be their payment high or low, must grow worse.'
"In our present-day 'neoliberal' context, the economy flourishes through sub-employed and over-employed workers, through contingent and gig economy workers, through zero contract hours workers: from Uber to Deliveroo, Handy to Hermes, Amazon to Adjunct Professors, work is evermore casualised and irregular; and worker benefits seem to diminish by day.
"Toilers here assume that category Marx reckons the general law of capitalist accumulation progressively produces: “a relative surplus population'—or, alternatively, 'an industrial reserve army of labour.'"
US Workers find it much harder today to advance economically compared to the so-called Golden Age of Capitalism from 1945-1980.That Marxist baloney is outdated. Today the worker can easily succeed, IF he chooses to.
What kind of twisted mind fuck is "extracting surplus value"? I smell a con.Capitalism does not reward hard work it rewards extracting surplus value from other peoples hard work at a mass scale.
It sounds like we are both Boomers.'Debt to equity' is the important figure.
As one gets older debt should decrease and wealth (equity) should increase. Most of the wealth is owned by us oldsters, as it should be.
Young people today start their working lives with so much debt that owning a home and starting a family have largely become historical artifacts.
Will you visit?Yeah, the Dems really fucked up college.
What are they going to "fix" next?
Do you believe Ignorance sets you Free?
"Marx knew in the 1860s that 'the absolute' general law of capitalist accumulation could be 'modified in its workings by many circumstances.'
"But in every case, he says, it 'followed that in proportion as capital accumulates, the situation of the worker, be their payment high or low, must grow worse.'
"In our present-day 'neoliberal' context, the economy flourishes through sub-employed and over-employed workers, through contingent and gig economy workers, through zero contract hours workers: from Uber to Deliveroo, Handy to Hermes, Amazon to Adjunct Professors, work is evermore casualised and irregular; and worker benefits seem to diminish by day.
"Toilers here assume that category Marx reckons the general law of capitalist accumulation progressively produces: “a relative surplus population'—or, alternatively, 'an industrial reserve army of labour.'"
The siren song of 'get-rich-quick-without-getting-hands-dirty-by-going-to-college' hollowed out the working class allowing immigrants to fill the void. Prior to that Americans did those jobs. Our colleges are filled with kids that have no business being there while jobs they would be successful at are being done by immigrants. This combined with easy credit and expanded student loans have destroyed the future for many.US Workers find it much harder today to advance economically compared to the so-called Golden Age of Capitalism from 1945-1980.
Global Social Mobility Index - Wikipedia
"The Global Social Mobility Index is an index prepared by the World Economic Forum in the Global Social Mobility report. The Index measures the intergenerational social mobility in different countries in relation to socioeconomic outcomes. The inaugural index ranked 82 countries."
The US places 27th sandwiched between Lithuania and Spain.
I wasted a lot of money starting out. Kids today are no different. They spend when they should be saving.It sounds like we are both Boomers.
Equality of opportunity (for White males) was much greater 50 to 60 years ago than it is today.
We began working when American capitalism was industrial in nature; today finance capitalism has become dominant by hollowing out the US middle class.
Young people today start their working lives with so much debt that owning a home and starting a family have largely become historical artifacts.
I dare say you've stumbled onto the core of Marxist ideology. Fear, envy, and violence, ftw!
