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Karl Marx

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Generali
Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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Something to cheer people up a bit.
The German bank Sparkasse Chemnitz recently launched a Karl Marx credit card. The bank let people vote online for 10 different images, and Marx was the "very clear winner," beating out a palace, a castle and a racetrack, among others. Reuters has more on the story.

So NPR launched an online competition to find a good advertising slogan. My favourites:

A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of cash back and low, low interest rates. #marxcard

There are some things money can't buy. Especially if you abolish all private property. #marxcard

When you're short of kapital. #marxcard

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/06/15/155106232/the-karl-marx-mastercard-is-here-it-needs-a-tagline
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  • purch
    purch Posts: 9,865 Forumite
    Capital is money, it can add value to itself. Money lays Golden Eggs. #marxcard
    'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'
  • purch
    purch Posts: 9,865 Forumite
    Greed is the driving spirit of Civilisation. #engelscard
    'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'
  • Bantex_2
    Bantex_2 Posts: 3,317 Forumite
    Toot Toot
    Harpo Marx.
  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 29,097 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Shopping is the opium of the masses?
    I think....
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    Bantex wrote: »
    Toot Toot
    Harpo Marx.

    I wouldn't join any credit card scheme that would have me as a member!
  • Mids_Costcutter
    Mids_Costcutter Posts: 845 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    I wonder if the nostalgia would extend to renaming the city Karl-Marx-Stadt (again), as it was called from 1952 to 1990 during the years of communism?
  • Gangaweed
    Gangaweed Posts: 169 Forumite
    Even Karl Marx knew the economics trumps politics...
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! PPI Party Pooper
    It's not just any credit card, it's a Marx and Spencer credit card

    I'll get my coat.
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • padington
    padington Posts: 3,121 Forumite
    The capital card - dine anywhere, until it eats itself.
    Proudly voted remain. A global union of countries is the only way to commit global capital to the rule of law.
  • Masomnia
    Masomnia Posts: 19,506 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    The Marx Card: Let someone else pay
    “I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.” - P.G. Wodehouse
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