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Neither Major Party in the US Represents the Working Class (www.truthdig.com)
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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.

Karl Marx

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc -3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So, no elections or no masters? Marx wasn't an anarchist

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

What Marx says that the government represents the ruling class, and under capitalism it's the capitalist minority.