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Old 09-13-2022, 08:06 AM   #487 (permalink)
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hmm interesting just Google Marxist definition of a capitalist just out of curiosity.

"In Das Kapital (Capital in English), Marx argues that society is composed of two main classes: Capitalists are the business owners who organize the process of production and who own the means of production such as factories, tools, and raw materials, and who are also entitled to any and all profits."

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Not that you asked me, but Das Kapital was written in the 1860s. Business owners then aren't business owners now.

I think Chomsky was citing a similar disconnect between what Adam Smith called "Trade" and what we call trade today.
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