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Jeffrey Epstein's exploitative behavior is analyzed by scholars as a modern manifestation of the 'werewolf hunger of capital' concept originally defined by Karl Marx {fact:1, fact:2}. Furthermore, Werner Bonefeld links Epstein's illicit practices to Marx's historical insights regarding the origins and accumulation of capital [1].
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claimJeffrey Epstein's behavior and the exploitation of others is described as resembling what Karl Marx termed "the werewolf hunger of capital for surplus labour," a voracity historically exemplified by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century London 'child markets' where parishes auctioned orphans to employers as apprentices.
claimThe author of the Spectre Journal article compares Jeffrey Epstein's behavior to Karl Marx's description of "the werewolf hunger of capital for surplus labour."
quoteWerner Bonefeld notes that the persistence of illicit practices like those of Jeffrey Epstein demonstrates the continued relevance of Karl Marx's insight: 'a great deal of capital, which appears today in the United States without a certificate of birth, was yesterday, in England, the capitalist blood of children.'