Every time you hear "without capitalism, nothing would get done," remember... capitalism didn't invent work, it invented wage-dependence. Humans built cities, farms, and art before payrolls and quarterly reports existed.
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[–] 19 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Ok, capitalism bad, but are we actually pretending that feudalism isn't worse?

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago

    we also created farms and art before feudalism. feudalism is also a capitalist structured society. capitalism did not come into existence when adam smith described it, he was just discussing how feudalism gates access to the commons through access to power. capitalism has existed for 12000 years, at least, we only started calling it capitalism in the 1700s. the key features of capitalism are owners of wealth generating resources, and workers who are paid to generate wealth using these wealth generating resources. in the age of feudalism, the wealth generating resource was the land itself, and how the ownership class acquired it was through their access to violence.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Nobody is pretending that. Get real.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Can I link this post next time I run into someone saying exactly that?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Holy fuck bud. You know what the post was about. Nobody, with any real credibility, is making an anti-capitalist argument that is also pro-feudalism. This post can only be construed as pro-feudalism if you squint, turn your head sideways, and shove it up your own ass.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Holy fuck bud, this post doesn't exist in a vacuum.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Wow, so profound. Should we have to consider every argument some dipshit makes/might make every time we open our mouths? Is that what context means? Of course it doesn't. Ridiculous. Back to the context of this post, there is no stretch of the imagination where OP was making a pro-feudalist argument.

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