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Is it okay for communists living under capitalism to invest in the stock market and to follow liberal economics financial advice for personal finance? (hexbear.net)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

yea marx invested in the stock market too. good enough for him good enough for me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait, did he really?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

“I have, which will surprise you not a little, been speculating … in English stocks, which are springing up like mushrooms this year … and are forced up to quite an unreasonable level and then, for the most part, collapse. In this way, I have made over £400. ...

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/inside-the-market/article-a-history-of-the-stock-market-investments-made-by-karl-marx-and/

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