this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2023
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The bourgeoisie in my country have pushed the euphemism of "working capital" as something that needs protection from wealth tax. By inseparably connecting capital with jobs, they push the narrative that you cannot tax wealth without removing jobs and consequently hurting the working class. They paid for research groups to prove this connection, but what their research actually showed was that wealth tax creates jobs due to incentivizing keeping profits within the companies they own. The audacity to think owning the means of production is a privilege they should enjoy special treatment to keep is beyond me, but even so, this type of rhetoric keeps gaining ground.

What is the propaganda they are pushing on you, and how can socialist policies prevail if reason loses to made up words changing the narrative?

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[โ€“] Donnywholovedbowling@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How about "day job"? Gotta have one or you'll starve on the street, can't do anything unproductive with your day!

[โ€“] Urist@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Productivity and human worth is obviously dependent on someone being able to extract surplus value in form of a "day job". /s