"Oh no they're feeding people we don't like on land they don't pay our protection racket for, and they self-organized to do it without using coercive hierarchies! Quick, get 'em!"

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
    hexagon
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    1 year ago

    That's why people are so up in arms against them. "Be kind and cooperate with your neighbors and your standard of living will improve drastically" is about the most dangerous thing a wage worker under Capitalism could possibly believe so during the 19th and early 20th century it was subjected to an intense propaganda campaign by the capitalists right up until the 30s or 40s, after which the Cold War took over.