In this image, you see leftists reverting back to their old tactics to save them from the fact that Marxism is essentially built on economic lies.
Hard work, the content creator here argues, is limited only to physical labor, and the only people who appear capable of displaying this are those in the underclass. The suggestion here is that the individual who is hiring these people isn’t actually working hard, and likely deserves less or none of his income.
This sort of talk has always been dangerous. It preceded the communist takeovers in Russia, Cuba, Venezuela, Vietnam, and is currently infecting the mainstream liberal establishment in the United States.
There is a profound difference between skilled and unskilled labor. Prior to automation, skilled laborers often relied on the support from unskilled laborers to help them execute their larger vision. This is a relationship that ultimately benefitted everyone involved.
We’ve already seen what this sort of logic does to nations. It’s led to the economic and cultural collapse of the Soviet Union, and is currently devouring Venezuela right before our eyes.
~ Facts Not Memes
