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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (7 children)

it only took ~12 000 years to "naturally gravitate to capitalism"

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

I dunno man, ever since someone invented money, there always were rich and poor people, and class division

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Capitalism arose well after money, it's a specific mode of production.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, because the previous prelevant system, feudalism, was so fair and not at all exploitative of the poor by the rich

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Feudalism was also exploitative, but in a different manner and character as the class character was different. I don't see what your point is, here.

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