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Roundhay accountant gives window-space to Marx

marker | 02.06.2009 19:29 | Culture | History

Chartered accountant takes a break from counting beans to educate passers-by.




One might wonder whether an accountant in a leafy suburb would have some spare time on their hands these days, what with the collapse of the economy and all that. To judge by this shop window it would certainly seem that they had time to dig out some quotations from the Big M, tootle up to the printer and get a poster made up. The newspaper clipping to the left seems to be advocating nationalisation of the banks (from 1993).

This makes a great change from what accountants usually have in their windows - "Be afraid, get a pension", "Get richer on the labour of the poor" and "I can show you how to avoid paying tax" being more ordinary marketing messages in this setting. Thanks, Sherman & Co!

(I have no affiliation with Sherman & Co.)

marker

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What a coincidence!

02.06.2009 20:57

The BNP also have an accountant living in that area. He was given some 'window-space' courtesy of local antifascists!

Antifa


He never said that!

03.06.2009 00:16

It's a false quote that's been doing the rounds for about six months. It's really dodgy because it totally misleads people away from the great stuff Marx did have to say; stuff that definitely is applicable to the current situation. Even Terry Wogan read this on his show, but it doesn't fit with any Marxist ideas of how revolution would/will take place!

Neon Black
- Homepage: http://dreaming-neon-black.blogspot.com


He never said that!

03.06.2009 00:18

It's a false quote that's been doing the rounds for about six months. It's really dodgy because it totally misleads people away from the great stuff Marx did have to say; stuff that definitely is applicable to the current situation. Even Terry Wogan read this on his show, but it doesn't fit with any Marxist ideas of how revolution would/will take place!

Neon Black
- Homepage: http://dreaming-neon-black.blogspot.com


wrong

03.06.2009 11:54

First, the quote itself does not appear in any of Marx's writings, nor does anything similar.

(  http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/consumerdebt.asp )

It has, however, proven rather popular among right-wing and pro-corporate scaremongers, who wish to paint any form of state regulation or control of the economy as on the road to communism.

Fail.

anonymous