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Modern Times (w/ Pedro Ángel Rivera Muñoz)

Movies vs. Capitalism

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What's the Difference Between Class and Communism?

Communism as a horizon is dangerous in class societies. Class societies don't want to be anything else but class societies. So anything that threatens class is going to be addressed with repression and hostility. That's why Charlie Chaplin was addressed with hostility and repression. I mean, he was thrown out of the United States, right? Yeah, after the FBI started investigating him,. because that's what they do. Because someone saw this movie and they're like, wait a minute. Yeah, right.

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