Here it comes, “you’ll own nothing and be happier for it”
“Here, live in this building I own, on land I own, work in the factories and stores I own, and I will give you enough of a share of what you create for me that you can work for me and my children and grandchildren till I think you’re too old to be as productive as your children, then, they can do the same for my children and so on and on. I’ll even pay you with script that I mint for you and me. This is a good deal, and you should like it, and want for nothing more.”
“Oh, and do not even look at the lavish lifestyles we live on your backs because that is not for you and your kind. You are the working class, we are the owner class. You should be happy that we let you have some of what you create for us at all.”
I get what the author is saying, but the truth is we all have created amazing prosperity, become so efficient, but the rewards have been taken by the top, and the author even acknowledges this, but between all the other blathering, the gist of that message is you should be ok with this arrangement.
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Here it comes, “you’ll own nothing and be happier for it”
“Here, live in this building I own, on land I own, work in the factories and stores I own, and I will give you enough of a share of what you create for me that you can work for me and my children and grandchildren till I think you’re too old to be as productive as your children, then, they can do the same for my children and so on and on. I’ll even pay you with script that I mint for you and me. This is a good deal, and you should like it, and want for nothing more.”
“Oh, and do not even look at the lavish lifestyles we live on your backs because that is not for you and your kind. You are the working class, we are the owner class. You should be happy that we let you have some of what you create for us at all.”
I get what the author is saying, but the truth is we all have created amazing prosperity, become so efficient, but the rewards have been taken by the top, and the author even acknowledges this, but between all the other blathering, the gist of that message is you should be ok with this arrangement.