rufuyun@lemmygrad.ml to Ask Lemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml • edit-210 months agoWithout colonialism is it likely that there would have been "enough" wealth in Western Europe to complete primitive accumulation, enough capital to kick off capitalism as we know it?message-squaremessage-square5 fedilinkarrow-up110file-text
arrow-up110message-squareWithout colonialism is it likely that there would have been "enough" wealth in Western Europe to complete primitive accumulation, enough capital to kick off capitalism as we know it?rufuyun@lemmygrad.ml to Ask Lemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml • edit-210 months agomessage-square5 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
My hunch is yes, because of how successful English agrarian capitalism was early on... but likely more slowly?
interesting thoughts