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0 pointsdragonelite4y ago0 comments

The two class cycles

workers cycle: Commodity(labor) -> Money -> Commodity(food, housing bills)

Capitalists cycle: Money -> Commodity(means of production) -> Money(profit/surplus value)

At least that is the bit that kind of sticked to me and made me realized in the west you want to do the second cycle. Earn money by selling labor, live life as a cheap ass for a while use savings to become a asshole landlord.

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EveYoung4y ago

Unfortunately, the second option becomes more and more difficult for most people. With increasing costs of living, saving enough money for investments often times seems impossible.

jkhdigital4y ago

> use savings to become a asshole landlord

Being an asshole is not a requirement for landlords, nor is it exclusive to them. Oppressed workers can be assholes too!

dragoneliteOP4y ago

An oppressed class has every right to be a asshole.

WJW4y ago

To their oppressors, perhaps. But if they are also assholes to everyone else then they are just assholes and the oppression has nothing to do with it.

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