The Ideological Scam by the Ruling Class - David Harvey

"The ideas themselves were an ideological scam, if you'd like, placed upon what was really happening beneath. And what was really happening underneath was the gradual development of recapturing value from workers and from the working class, by capital. And capital could use the ruling ideas and the policies attached to the ruling ideas as a means to try to re-establish its wealth and its power."

This is a clip from [S3 E17] The Ruling Ideas of a Billionaire Class
Watch the full episode:    • Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: The Rulin...  

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