Class interests, I think: whether they are fully aware of it or not, line only goes up if there's enough surplus labor producing surplus labor value. The ruling class doesn't add to that value: it feeds on it. Vampire imagery is not new to Marxism, nor is the idea of the ruling class sucking.
What is it with these breeding fetish weirdos and wanting more sapient beings to exist just to suffer?
Class interests, I think: whether they are fully aware of it or not, line only goes up if there's enough surplus labor producing surplus labor value. The ruling class doesn't add to that value: it feeds on it. Vampire imagery is not new to Marxism, nor is the idea of the ruling class sucking.