I think good old Karl would be happy now...

[Lida]

"Owners of capital will stimulate working class

to buy more and more of expensive goods, houses and technology,

pushing them to take more and more expensive credits,

until their debt becomes unbearable. The unpaid debt

will lead to bankruptcy of banks which will have to be

nationalized and State will have to take the road which will

eventually lead to communism."


Karl Marx, 1867

[JiltedGen]

"Owners of capital will stimulate working class

to buy more and more of expensive goods, houses and technology,

pushing them to take more and more expensive credits,

until their debt becomes unbearable. The unpaid debt

will lead to bankruptcy of banks which will have to be

nationalized and State will have to take the road which will

eventually lead to communism."


Karl Marx, 1867

hoax
http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/marx/class ... festo.html

[Fielder]

"Owners of capital will stimulate working class

to buy more and more of expensive goods, houses and technology,

pushing them to take more and more expensive credits,

until their debt becomes unbearable. The unpaid debt

will lead to bankruptcy of banks which will have to be

nationalized and State will have to take the road which will

eventually lead to communism."


Karl Marx, 1867

The only problem is that it's a bogus quote. Yet the whole saga is still a fascinating insight into the current state of politics. After all - most of the quote does apparently actually exist in various parts of Das Kapital, and the fact that so many people find the quote of interest is significant in itself. [Read more below] (c) =>
http://liberation.typepad.com/liberatio ... risis.html

[Lida]

Да мне тоже показалось, что высказывание Маркса "слегка подкорректировано" под текущий момент.