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    7 days ago

    Okay, but most of that stuff existed before industrialisation, which the man in the picture would have called pre-capitalist. So, if anything, it’s less clear, now. Were the Romans capitalist? What about the USSR?

    Like, this is a great example. Am I any closer to solving any of this? No. Do I understand more than before? Hell no. It really is like being handed some lettuce floating in a bowl of oil.