Why Yes, My Credit Card Does Have Marx’s Face on It
Do you consider yourself a connoisseur of Marxist humor? Perhaps you will enjoy Planet Money’s little contest to come up with a tagline for a German bank’s new Marx-themed MasterCard! No entries from me, but I “got” most of jokes, which feels great.
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Previously on The Billfold
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The bourgeoisie, wherever it has got the upper hand, has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations. It has pitilessly torn asunder the motley feudal ties that bound man to his “natural superiors,” and has left remaining no other nexus between man and man than naked self-interest, than callous “cash payment.”
But why pay cash when you have MarxCard?
MarxCard: For all your bourgeois tendencies.