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Originally Posted by Zill
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God these forums make me feel like such a good person.
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maskedmelon is a good little industrialist
*pats maskedmelon's head*
Long tangent. My grandfather is an "industrialist". I knew him as a businessman, something that is expected of you in America. He's in business. He does business. He was an entrepreneur when he was young. He was an entrepreneur, got older, now he is just a businessman. That's how we talk in America right? That's what you grow up with right?
Well apparently, when you achieve a certain amount of success you become this scummy "industrialist" in the eyes of socialism. The insinuation being that you sacrificed your soul and family life to achieve more money. I learned this after my great-aunt came over from Sweden at the age of 84 and told us to read her book on our life on that side of the family. I read it. It was the first time I had ever heard a businessman described as an industrialist. I considered the context, more about the word. I came to the realization it was a label and not a description.
She didn't hate business. She had no opinion. It was an autobiography. But her use of language when it came to describing my grandfather taught me everything I needed to know about the very subtle cultural corrosions of socialism, and the differences between our two countries.