"This primitive accumulation [of wealth/savings] plays in Political Economy about the same part as original sin in theology." Karl Marx

Doesn't this guy just crack you up? Thank god no one took him seriously... If they had, could you imagine what might have happened?

(For the record, yes, I do understand that the accumulation of ancestral (primitive) wealth through inheritance is a problem in an 'equal opportunity' capitalistic society as it creates initial inequality in means between those born into different classes. But seriously - Marx is a hoot.)


Answer Key: Communism