Would you ever become a capitalist?

[Philosophos]

Hello once again I have some philosophical questions. Do you believe that if you ever got a big heritage or won the lottery or someone hired you to become the right hand of a great company, you would still stay a communist?

I believe I know the answer to that (I've seen you posting some very anti-capitalist things) but still I believe that all these people out there that talk about a great change in the politics and the rest of the society are not truly humanists or ethical people that actually want it.
They want equality, freedom of speech for everyone, bigger sallaries and so many things more but if they suddenly become the big heads then they will sell their asses for profit and they won't have any values left.

I know it is a silly question but I just want to see your opinion on the subject.

[Ostrinski]

I would create a communist superPAC.

[Let's Get Free]

I'd become one just so I could wear a top hat and a monocle.

[Mass Grave Aesthetics]

I´d love to be able to become an eccentric millionaire. I would travel as much as I could and explore the world. Do all kinds of stuff I´m not able to do now. So yes, I would grab an opportunity like that with both hands. I don´t think it would change much about my politics. Just look at Engels. I would donate a large portion of my profits to communist parties and organisations.

[Zeus the Moose]

I would create a communist superPAC.

WorkersFreedomPAC

[#FF0000]

I thought about it. I think i would have a hard time adjusting, as apparently people often do, to becoming upper class while being working class my whole life. If it was a lottery thing, I'd throw some money in the bank or do an investment thing to make it last so I wouldn't have to work for as long as possible. Then live in a cabin in the woods/mountains forever.

I'd still be a communist but I'd just drop out of life completely.

[l'Enfermé]

Inheriting a large fortune or winning the lottery doesn't make you a capitalist.

[hatzel]

Sometimes when I'm on the train I see a discarded newspaper on a seat and I get all excited until I notice it's City AM or the Financial Times or whatever else and I cry because that shit looks proper boring. But capitalists seem to read them because they care about the economy and market developments and stuff. I don't want to be a capitalist.

[helot]

If i won the lottery i'd bankroll strikes.

[Doflamingo]

I'd become one just so I could wear a top hat and a monocle.

You're forgetting your corncob pipe.

[Yuppie Grinder]

Is this a serious question? Of course I would. I would rather be hoodrich than bougie, but i'd rather be bougie than neither of those.

[Yuppie Grinder]

You're forgetting your corncob pipe.

Corncob pipes are proletarian as fuck.

[hatzel]

...oh and also I know myself too well to think employing somebody like me would be in anybody's best interests, but if I were a capitalist then I'd have to employ somebody like me. This would cause me no end of worry and strife. This is another reason I'd prefer not to be a capitalist...

[GoddessCleoLover]

If it was good enough for Fred Engels it would be good enough for me.

[Conscript]

If i won the lottery i'd bankroll strikes.

This. You could feed them and shit.

[hetz]

Yes, wouldn't think twice about it.

[cynicles]

I'd make my money last, sabotage the process from the inside as long as I could and funnel money too anti-capitalist groups.

[Raúl Duke]

Do you believe that if you ever got a big heritage or won the lottery or someone hired you to become the right hand of a great company, you would still stay a communist?

Strictly speaking, probably not particularly if that involved running a company (i.e. top position/ownership of a business).

although I've been influenced by the left and some of that stuff would probably stick somewhat even if my class position changed.

[Pretty Flaco]

if i had the opportunity or chance to become a businessman, why would i not take it? im looking for my interests. as a worker that means looking for higher pay, better work conditions, fair treatment, etc. but if i had the chance to improve my class status, of course id take it. itd be a step to improve myself, even though it would have to come at the expense of others.

[#FF0000]

tbh i think a lot of people say "WELL OF COURSE" without really thinkin about it. I think a lot of people here would have a difficult time adjusting if they were to suddenly find themselves higher up the social ladder one day.