I'm confused about what this picture is trying to say. What do the 2nd, 3rd and 4th tiers from the top — rule by royalty(?), indoctrination by the clergy, oppression by the military — have to do with capitalism?
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I think it's more:
- We rule you and take your money
- We preach to you and take your money
- We fight you and take your money/resources
- We take your resources that you've grown
Or it could be the rulling class takes the biggest cut, clergy the next biggest etc. with workers at the bottom supporting the entire system but receiving the least.
None of that has anything to do with capitalism, though. You're just pointing out the negatives of tyranny, which, arguably, capitalism doesn't necessitate.
They are each beneficiaries of the capitalist system, with the military / police serving duel roles as employed and enforcers / protectors of the system.
They are each beneficiaries of the capitalist system
How do police and the military specifically benefit from a capitalist system?
with the military / police serving duel roles as employed and enforcers / protectors of the system.
Are you saying that only a capitalist system benefits from the police and military?
All that being said, I'm not entirely sure what your point has to do with the thesis of the poster.
My partner's father is a member of the canadian communist party and he has this framed and hung up in his house
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