Help Save People's World The economic crisis has hit People's World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. A Love/Hate Tango – Science and Ruling Classes January 22, 2021 10:20 AM CDT By Len Yannielli The ruling class loves science that increases its profits but hates the science put forward by Karl Marx, a science that dissects and explains capitalism and how to replace it. | Wikipedia (CC) In the classic fictional movie, The Graduate, there is a scene that underscores so much of what is wrong with capitalism. The recent graduate, Ben, is ushered by an adult male out of a house party, in the graduate’s honor, toward his parent’s swimming pool. The adult says he has one word for Ben, “plastics”.