Why did he so fundamentally misunderstand the mechanics and rationale of dominant classes oppression of lower classes?
>>3332231
Dude was basically shitposting on Engels' dime.
He understood mechanics perfectly, but rationale can be debatable, so tell me, what in your opinion is the rationale behind it?
what's the Orwell quote? something something the proletariat will often put nation above class, and will always favor nationalism over internationalism
yeah...that.
>>3332315
According to Marx:
>Dominant social class arises for whatever reason based on the economics of the time and place.
>Becomes wealthy
>Becomes powerful due to said wealth
>Wants to enjoy that wealth and power in perpetuity
>Continually oppresses the other/all other classes in order to keep said wealth and power for itself, using a variety of means, often even trying to hide its own success.
If you want a picture for your head, he envisioned things as a master holding a whip on a slave.
Reality:
>Most people say they want wealth and power, but in actuality do not.
>If given wealth and power, they will blow it away with astonishing rapidity, see most Lottery winners.
>They are profoundly uneasy with the sort of decision making that leads to wealth and power, or with having it.
>The lower classes actively divest themselves of wealth and power, pushing it into the hands of a smaller group that is for whatever reason comfortable with things.
>Instead of the system being maintained by force and deception from the top down, it is in fact maintained from the bottom up; the lower classes pushing the upper ones to the top.
If you want a picture for your head, it's a cuck giving his wife to a bull.
>>3332344
So like this?
>>3332344
Lottery winners are a bad example, friend. They don't have the same access to education, financial planning, etc as the privileged class.
Imagine you are a community college dropout, never held a job other than sweeping floors and 100 mill fell into your lap with no supporting family or friends to give you any sort of counsel.