The People's Line

The People's Line

Crony capitalism is bad, but cronies are very good

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Carl Beijer
Nov 01, 2016
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Work is just one of many ways that we satisfy our needs as people living in relationships with other people – and one of the most sinister aspects of capitalism, Marx argues, is the way that it severs this direct link between work and our relationships.

When I make a widget, for example, I rarely do this because I need one, or because my friends or famil…

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