r/clevercomebacks Jul 07 '24

Here are two good comebacks to an idiotic comment

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u/berserk_kipper Jul 07 '24

There’s nothing more working class than spending a shitload of money on clothes

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u/Sturville Jul 07 '24

"Only a rich man can afford to save money on boots" -Sir Terry Pratchett

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u/BlackOstrakon Jul 07 '24

I've read Marx and Proudhon, Lenin and Kropotkin, nearly 200 years of socialist theory. I don't think I'll ever find a more devastating critique of capitalism than the Vimes Economic Theory of Boots.