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By all accounts, “philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, critic of political economy, and socialist revolutionary” Karl Marx would perfectly fit into 2022 Western society.
But what happens when it takes 10 workers to make the machinery that replaces 100 workers on the factory floor or the fast-food restaurant? Marx believed that the dialectics of a thesis, giving rise to an antithesis and the tension between the two being resolved by a synthesis. Unfortunately, a thesis today may be a useless “antithesis” tomorrow.
The “Boomer” generation that protested against war and for “free speech” is now being overtaken by “Gen Z”—1996 and later—who strongly believe that “government can and should do more to solve problems” with more regulation, versus 49 percent for the “Boomers.” Thesis to antithesis to what’s next?
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