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[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world -3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Believe it or not, things can exist independently of Marx having described them.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago

When everyone is using Class in a specific manner, the addition of a "class" that doesn't actually exist just for a quip is really odd. You have to make the argument that it even exists in the first place first.

[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago

So which non-Marxist political economy or sociology defines this elite class? Usually class politics is attributed to Marx