I haven't seen it yet but communism being a ploy by rich people who are disconnected to the working class is a common liberal criticism. It's nonsense though, because like Parenti says, it's not a common route to power to become a communist revolutionary where you're more likely to get arrested and killed than you are to somehow, someday, maybe have some power in a hypothetical socialist government.
"Marxism is just a false ploy by the rich ruling class to retain their power over the masses" is such an incredible brainworm mobius strip that's even more unbelievable for how common it is.
I haven't seen it yet but communism being a ploy by rich people who are disconnected to the working class is a common liberal criticism. It's nonsense though, because like Parenti says, it's not a common route to power to become a communist revolutionary where you're more likely to get arrested and killed than you are to somehow, someday, maybe have some power in a hypothetical socialist government.
"Marxism is just a false ploy by the rich ruling class to retain their power over the masses" is such an incredible brainworm mobius strip that's even more unbelievable for how common it is.
It smells like antisemitism too
"I'm not antisemitic, I'm only repeating everything the antisemites say!"
Yes it definitely feeds into that whole bag of brain worms. "It's the jews I mean uhh bankers uhh I mean the rich!"