PATRICK BULGER | A consumerist manifesto: a nod to Marx, a wink to Vuitton
Parading neoliberalism would be embarrassing for a revolutionary government whose ideology is strictly IMF-approved
02 March 2023 - 21:51
Even in 2023, a gloomy mugshot of Karl Marx still glowers over proceedings at Luthuli House, the ANC’s headquarters next door to the now-demolished Elizabeth Hotel, the watering hole over the road from The Star newspaper. Comrade Karl would have approved of the neighbourhood, with his fondness for the bottle, cheap cigars and dissent giving him plenty in common with the boozy sub-editors of that formerly august organ...
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