This says a lot about our society.
What if, like, the government was like 1984 and they controlled speech even though I privately own what I consider the public square. It’s very profound and prodigious.
Link: you know where it’s at.
I think calling someone like Ford or Carnegie a “Marxist” really blurs the meaning of the term.
Marx outlined the functional implications of an economy fixated on profit-driven accumulation. Then he proposed an alternative model which he predicted would have better long term consequences for the proletariat participants.
You don’t need to be a Marxist to benefit from capital accumulation. You just need to accumulate capital.
I’ll spot you that in the wake of 80s era deindustrialization, capitalists shifted focus from raw physical capital accumulation to geographic market cornering. So they allowed enormous volumes of physical infrastructure to move abroad with the expectation that they’d maintain political control through monetary policy and trade rules.
This isn’t strictly wrong, as illustrated by the relative success of business interests in “open” states relative to their “closed” peers. Trade policy and currency flows could make or break domestic economies on an international scale.
But the higher scope has caused American capitalists to lose track of their foundations.
