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Please don't read comments until you've read this. It is very short and fast to read. It is radicalizing. It is a good short story to send to your friend who needs to understand what capitalism is. LeGuin wrote this in 1973, cementing her status as Chad Supreme of Fuck Mountain. Bow before her might.
Let's discuss in the comments below.
I agree with Not Capitalism: "As they did without monarchy and slavery, so they also got on without the stock exchange, the advertisement, the secret police, and the bomb.", no war mongering or stock/money shit here
read Marx
Could you explain more of what you mean? Marx doesn't talk about this story, so it is to you to make the bridge.