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  • HarryLime [any]
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    2 years ago

    It makes me wonder if there would still be little pockets of capitalism centuries after socialism became the dominant mode of production worldwide.

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Probably not, capitalism is unique in that it's a social mode of production that requires a state, immense violence, and vast capitals to grease the wheels.

      Tiny feudal estates can be pretty functional though as long as the peasant class is happy and doesn't want to kill the Lord.

      You can't really have a tiny pocket of capitalism when even a corner store would require integration with 25 different light and heavy industrial supply chains.

        • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I guess, but those pockets existed with much smaller scale production. There's no profit to be had by small firms when socialist production would have outcompeted them. Also why would workers choose to work for a capitalist for less pay?

          There's also the fact that capitalism and communism are directly antagonistic to each other while feudalism can work alongside capitalism. Hell primitive accumulation and enclosure is the direct doing of feudal lords abandoning the old feudal contracts and choosing to become capitalist.

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      I don't think so. Communists with enough power to end capitalism would wield that power. The smaller and smaller the pockets get the easier they become to destroy.

    • CliffordBigRedDog [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      im gonna own a toothbrush black market store to sell people toothbrushes secretly if they dont want to use the public one