• Wakdem@lemmy.world
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    The wealthy want us to fight a culture war to distract us from the class war we should be having.

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        The rich waged wars on democracy since the beginning of European colonization in North America. They’ve been winning steadily, with few losses since the beginning of money in society.

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        Democracy is good for the oligarchs. Trump is a populist. The oligarchs definitely don’t like him. Even the Koch family is against him.

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        In any war the only winner is the rich. If the rich lose, then it’s called a revolution instead.

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            No they did not. Napolean was not the bourgeoisie that ruled a decade prior. The French Revolution ended their monarchy and feudalism. The Bourgeoisie lost.