Reading Marx can make you a better Capitalist

Just to clarify before getting into this: I am NOT making any statement politically or economically here. I myself have views that constantly sway. With that being said:

Reading Marx and other leftist literature has 100% made me stronger as an operator within the free market. By reading marx, I gained a fundamentally stronger understanding of how capital and power structures remain in power. I started to perceive more clearly the language and culture of privilege, and how that permeates various job markets. The big corporate client from your consulting job will like you a lot more if you understand fine dining etiquette and how to gracefully eat an oyster. A luxury real estate agent is probably better at his job if he dresses well and speaks with a "calfreezy" international school accent as opposed to some local accent. In fact, big firms often screen for these sorts of "classy" traits that appear well to bourgeoisie clients (but they'd never communicate that openly because they themselves might not realize it).

This is something that I realized after reading leftist literature: the way class undermines almost everything everyone does all the time. It sounds crazy, but it's true. And it's something that's hard to unsee once you see it. Many of my richer friends are "apolitical", which is a viewpoint massively influenced by social class, but most people just don't realise it at all. And that lack of class awareness in people appears in all domains of life. Your accent, way of dressing, appearance, personality, all communicate your class, and that can largely dictate the opportunities you have. Even the whole thing about tech billionaires dressing "broke" is subconsciously a class power play.

This has benefitted me in my career because viewing the world in terms of class has helped me understand how to talk to different types of people, but also how to position myself within the current global system in a broader sense given the privileges I already have.