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Ascendancy Quote by Karl Marx

“When commercial capital occupies a position of unquestioned ascendancy, it everywhere constitutes a system of plunder.” quote by Karl Marx — Download Open image

“When commercial capital occupies a position of unquestioned ascendancy, it everywhere constitutes a system of plunder.”

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