“Jesus Christ was a man who traveled through the land,
A hard-working man and brave.
He said to the rich, ‘Give your money to the poor,’
But they laid Jesus Christ in His grave.”—Woody Guthrie
But does wage-labour create any property for the labourer? Not a bit. It creates capital, i.e., that kind of property which exploits wage-labour, and which cannot increase except upon condition of begetting a new supply of wage-labour for fresh exploitation. Property, in its present form, is based on the antagonism of capital and wage labour.
- Karl Marx & Frederick Engels
Illustrations by Rius from the illustrated Quixote Classic Communist Manifesto, 1975 (Their order has been rearranged from the original).
See also: The Economy, Neoliberal Style
See also: Capitalism: The Final Years
Unless he retails the chairs himself, the boss won't get $300. Let's say the retail store makes $100. The boss gets $200, out of which he pays federal, provincial, municipal taxes, heat, light, power, maintenance for his workshop, salaries of the managers, HR people, advertising, etc etc. Is all Marxism this simplistic?
ReplyDeleteThey're just so full of BS
DeleteI wish someone would reprint Quixote Classic Communist Manifesto, mine has gone yellow and is falling to bits.
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