Hey! Someone on Lemmy actually read a history book! Thank God.

You gotta stop thinking of it as a left/right thing. It doesn't exist. It's clouding your perspective. Populists vs establishment might be a better way to categorize if you needed just two groups, but that's still too simplistic.

The world is a messy place with lots of different groups trying to get power, enrich themselves, and push their ideology. Whatever ideology a group is pushing has little to do with having the moral high ground and will typically result in their own benefit.

I see a great deal of economic rationale being thrown around and usually I love a good discussion on economics, but I believe we are overthinking the question. I would argue any group of people getting together with some shared narrative is going to want to procure more resources for themselves. This can be a family, a tribe, a friend group, a company, a nation, etc. It's just how we are.

Interesting, thanks for the feedback and followup!

I feel like you are referencing some well known economic model progression or evolution that I'm unfamiliar with. Is there a name for this or someplace I can read more about it? What is the more advanced economic model after capitalism?

Aw fuck yeah, that's what I like to see. Thanks for writing that up friend. 👊

Some argue that there are even more! I'm definitely not an expert on this one, but I remember something about Yahweh being the god of some town or village that then somehow got absorbed into the old testament god when tribes and traditions consolidated, and then new testament god is just a completely different animal. I'm probably getting something wrong, so don't quote me.

Found it, fucking wild - https://youtu.be/AUATfLDiwVA

I still can't believe it. I'm watching it and it feels like I'm currently experiencing a fever dream.

Thanks for the write up my friend. Was that Fox news report with Geraldo Rivera? I remember seeing something like that back in the early or mid 2000s. I couldn't believe my eyes.

Mmm, the shrinking markets problem. Thanks!

Hey congrats! I think you are the first person to give something close to the textbook definition of what capitalism says it is supposed to be! 🤸

Basic and rudimentary is a unique take. What led you to this conclusion?