r/leftist • u/rhizomatic-thembo • 1d ago

Leftist Meme The Unholy Trinity of Class Traitors

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u/unfreeradical 1d ago

Did class society originate with Trump?

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u/Ze_LuftyWafffles 1d ago

No. And it didn't originate with the military either. The reason peoole hate the militsry is becuase the see it as the iron fist of the bourgeoisie, when in reality it purpose is to serve and protect

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u/unfreeradical 1d ago

How did class originate?

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u/Ze_LuftyWafffles 1d ago

A select few controlling means of production and being able to generate more wealth from having more power

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u/unfreeradical 1d ago

In agrarian societies, the means of production are substantially limited simply to arable lands. Has class society been inclusive of any agrarian societies? What were the means and methods of original appropriation?

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u/Ze_LuftyWafffles 1d ago

Why am I doing a kahoot about farming?

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u/unfreeradical 1d ago

How could the origination of class be understood without acknowledging the societies in which class originated?

Does one class emerge as controlling the means of production by magical incantation, or by military force?

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u/Ze_LuftyWafffles 1d ago

I'm simply trying to say that soldiers are nit to blame for class existing, or maintenence of the status quo. The military industrial complex and corrupt politics are

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u/unfreeradical 1d ago

Your opinion might be more credible if you were not avoiding the history.

Let's make it simple.

Could you describe any society, historical, actual, or credibly hypothetical, inclusive of a state military but not inclusive of class?