Give a Marxist some property and privilege and he becomes a capitalist swine. This is true whether the Marxist gets an inheritance or a nice position within a "socialist" state. .
Of course, a healthy capitalist society teaches people of economic advantage to not be ruthless, insensitive, rapacious, self-indulgent swine. I suppose that that was one objective behind the liberal arts -- to show callow youth that there is more to life than material indulgence, mass entertainment, ostentatious display, bureaucratic power, sex, and hallucinogens.
I suppose that one need not be a Marxist to become a capitalist swine. Contemporary capitalism in America does very well in making swine out of people... just look at Donald Trump!
Of course, a healthy capitalist society teaches people of economic advantage to not be ruthless, insensitive, rapacious, self-indulgent swine. I suppose that that was one objective behind the liberal arts -- to show callow youth that there is more to life than material indulgence, mass entertainment, ostentatious display, bureaucratic power, sex, and hallucinogens.
I suppose that one need not be a Marxist to become a capitalist swine. Contemporary capitalism in America does very well in making swine out of people... just look at Donald Trump!
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.