• dolphinhuffer [comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Almost as if the building of the railroads themselves was a vast ponzi scheme designed to enrich capitalists. :soviet-hmm:

    • RNAi [he/him]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      Hey I didn't knew that, wjere can I read more about it?

      • Kodak_Red [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        I’m not entirely sure if it has to do anything with this map but there were railroad tycoons back in the 1800s

      • dolphinhuffer [comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        It's not a specialty of mine, but in the same way that a lot of specific financial instruments were invented in Italy in the 1400-1600s, a lot about what we understand and experience as Capitalism in America goes very much back to the railroads. Hopefully #Traingang can drop some more recent book recommends.