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Had this conversation under a meme about Castro
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man i love when a self-made business is literally a factory. Just a lil mom and pop operation, no exploitation going on there I'll bet.
also i'd bet money "owned a fish market" here means they were rent-seeking from fishmongers, so they're not even a little bit petty bourgeoisie.
Given this is the 1950s, it's probably not even rent-seeking, I'm guessing the guys family was literally a small mafia extoring people for "protection money" lol. Like what else could "owning a fish market" entail?
I assumed renting out booth space (like a convention or fleamarket).
Thing is where I was born to this day open air markets weren't really owned by anyone. So like I assume the present day relationship has rentiers, but that particular relationship is relatively recent. So the violent process which privatized the markets and charged a rent (which was probably a protection racket of sorts) is likely relatively recent and that family was likely directly involved
Just a smol bean mom and pop vertically integrated manufacturing monopoly
waa waa my grandma's egg farm that brutalized workers was nationalized 
"those evil communists took away my family's child brothel" —your average gusano
Why couldn’t Castro be nice to private property owners like that lovely Batista?
Every fucking time lmao
it's pretty safe to assume anyone who claims to own a factory is not "self made", as is a common easily verified lie among the rich elite.
this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2024
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