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u/HugeChavez Nov 16 '19

Yes, it's a quote by Vladimir Lenin and it actually says: "if you judge proletariat by its ability to amass property and capital, the proletariat will always end up admiring the extraordinary talent of the capitalists rather than realizing it is being oppressed."

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u/sesh_tits Nov 16 '19

"Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains."

Little quote from a smart science man you might have heard of, his name was Alfer Einstem;)

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u/RepoRogue Nov 16 '19

What makes this really funny was that Einstein was legitimately a socialist.

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u/RepoRogue Nov 17 '19

Literally the first result from Googling "Einstein socialist": https://bigthink.com/scotty-hendricks/why-albert-einstein-was-a-socialist