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And age discrimination laws and regulations only protect the old (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That sucks for sure, and is a sign of how a capitalist society treats working class people who can no longer work.

Totally. That's my point, just surviving capitalism and being able to "retire" doesn't mean you're suddenly rich or a capitalist who lives off interest on savings.

I would advise between generalizing though.

Yeah, that's the point of my original comment. I completely disagree that we should lump anyone who happens to have more than the bare minimum as part of the capitalist ruling class, who want for nothing and exploit others' labor for their benefit.

[–] iknewitwhenisawit@fedinsfw.app 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Being in the capital class means living by renting your possessions to workers and living off of them, or living by owning businesses and living off of the profits that your employees generate.

It doesn't mean anyone who has a nice life.

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

That's literally what I'm saying.

I was responding to this:

retired people have some similarities with the bourgeoisie, in that they earn a living on savings and investments, so no longer work.

In Marxist theory, bourgeoisie is the capitalist ruling class, and retiring doesn't make you a part of that club.