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  • KurtVonnegut [comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    In pure capitalism, there's nothing you can but from the politicians.

    Let me ask you a question. Was America a capitalist country from 1776 to 1860? Was it? And therefore, are slavery and capitalism compatible with each other? I'm asking you because I think you and I (and most of hexbear) have different answers to that question.

    • Terevos@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      It was somewhat capitalist but with several issues that were anti-capitalism.

      1. Slavery of the kind that America engaged in is inherently anti-capitalist. Indentured servitude would be compatible though.

      2. There was a struggle of the Federal Government regulating gold and silver, central banking, etc. Eventually the Federal Government won full control over that in 1913.

      • brain_in_a_box [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        There is nothing inherently anti-capitalist about slavery, it is entirely compatible with it.

        • charlie
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          1 year ago

          I think they’re just figuring it out as they go, lmao

        • Terevos@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          Any political stance that's not progressive, socialist, or communist hive-mind is not really welcome on Lemmy it seems. I'll engage in more friendly places on the internet.

          • Gay_Tomato [they/them, it/its]
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            1 year ago

            How can we know that if you wont openly state your ideology? Come on, say it! If you can't, then clearly your ideas arent worth taking seriously.