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why would you think a video of your best friend abusing a bunch of animals is real?
Why is a difference you can’t notice important to you?
42·2 months agoDas Kapital in the original German
non-fiction
You’re making a distinction between
- Seeking power for profit
- Seeking profit for power
How would we empirically tell which is happening?
Why does someone with €20 billion strive to get €30 billion? Will that get them nicer food or a softer bed?
In non-monetary historical societies, the rulers still sought power.
The ruling class, the capitalists, don’t do evil things for the sake of power or control. They do it for profits
Are those very different things? Wealth certainly grants power and control, no?
Having said that, I agree with the spirit of your comment.
81·2 months agoThat looked ok and I was nodding along until I got to the part where it’ll be governed by Blair and Trump.
why the lying war criminal Blair?
because he has a sterling track record of fixing Middle Eastern countries, of course!
Yeah, kinda one of the assumptions of my pet comm !noyank@lemmy.ml
I don’t think propaganda has a lot to do with intention
Most propaganda is like this: you’ve subconsciously absorbed it all your life and it comes out ur mouth. That’s how ideologies get perpetuated usually, rather than by cunning.
Just what I’m looking for!