• earthquake@lemm.ee
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    3 years ago

    “The mine owners did not find the gold, they did not mine the gold, they did not mill the gold, but by some weird alchemy all the gold belonged to them!” - Big Bill Haywood, 1929

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    3 years ago

    You can look at civilization throughout history and see that the ones that lasted the longest cared about the individual rights of every citizen. When you allow a certain class to violate individual rights you end in revolution.

  • Moyer1666@lemmy.ml
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    3 years ago

    This is the problem with capitalism. The workers do all the work, but the “owning” class keeps all the rewards of all that work.