Marx d 1883. JEV b 1953. Capitalism existed before JEV.
Conflating the ruling class with JEV is not smart.
Whatever his influence and connective powers and even direct power may have been.
Although in some situations it is rhetorically useful to remind people about the pedophilia, etc, and to draw those connections. But constantly doing it is lazy and with over use, will lose effect. Just as for the catholic church, or boy scouts. Sort of a joke.
We don’t refer to “the Regan class” even though virtually every problem on planet earth has some roots in Ronald Regan Regime. Without Regan there is no Epstein.
Class > Individual
Reactionaries have been using the same tired propaganda tropes against us for literal decades, to a great deal of success. They still won’t shut up about fucking Tiananmen Square and their propaganda still reigns supreme among westerners. So what exactly is the hypothesis here?
reactionaries are spreading stupid ideas by stupid means. however they have organization and resources. those didn’t just come about by propaganda. it is built of material.
success is not due to winning rhetoric. rather: rhetoric becomes convincing off the back of success.
Oh so then it doesn’t really matter what rhetoric we use I guess huh