• barrbaric [he/him]
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    4 months ago

    Lol I forgot that, what is it with everyone trying to demolish Marx with FACTS and LOGIC and using the exact same example of "mud pies"?

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      4 months ago

      Heinlein is the earliest example of the mud pie argument I know of, so it's possible everyone got it from him. There's also a CS Lewis story about an impoverished kid choosing between a fancy vacation or making mud pies. He chooses the latter because he can't fathom what a vacation is. I have no idea if that's related either but I've always had a hunch