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b_b · 4639 days ago · link · · parent · post: Happy Birthday to one of the greatest minds the world has ever known...
This post, a pretty good, but slightly vitriolic discussion on the nature of capitalism and Jefferson. Sometimes the Founding Fathers become like gods; we all read their words and apply our own wisdom and interpret what they said to match our current ideology. There's no objective reading of history.
thenewgreen · 4638 days ago · link ·
Yes. There it is:
- As to the Marx comparison, there are 10 pillars of communism. Progressive income tax is one, but it does not exist in a vacuum. To say that advocating a progressive income tax is akin to Marxism is very much along the lines of saying that anyone who thinks murder is wrong is Jewish, since Moses forbade it.