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Overaccumulation (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Is it an actual quote? From Tolstoj? Because I don't get it. It sounds like something billionaires say all the time.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Sounds like something billionaires do Al the time, too - can't get those billions without riding upon the backs of "lesser" people

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

I think that's the point - it's ridiculing the wealthy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

It is from Tolstoy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Tolstoy was part of the Russian upper class, and he owned a lot of land. He actually pleaded for reform of the social class system and started doing work on his own land and paying his subjects a living wage.

But others really thought he was an oddball. Even his servants really didn't understand it.