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[–] Tachanka@hexbear.net 31 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Communist publishes book explaining capitalism, capitalists read it and learn from it while workers barely touch it

I'm beginning to see a pattern here

[–] Lemister@hexbear.net 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Both Capitalist and their fascist brethren steal leftists thought concepts and language and bastardize it - and its always the more successful than what their own "intellectuals" can come up with,

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago

1984 was meant to be a warning, not an instruction.