• andrewta@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Capitalism has been with us since basically the beginning of humans if you think about it. The odds of it dying is about the same as you winning the powerball lottery 6 times in a row.

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        3 months ago

        If you consider capitalism to be exploiting labor for profit, sure. If you consider it the relatively precise description advanced in the 17th century onward, no.

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          3 months ago

          Agreed, capitalism, in it’s textbook definition form only started existing around the industrial revolution when it succeded the mercantilist status quo.

          Exploiting labour for profit can happen in any economic system, in practice.

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      3 months ago

      how could a government system based around money have existed long before money existed? let’s think things thru before we post

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        3 months ago

        Don’t need currency for capitalism. There is bartering. I could start a company and pay my people in eggs bacon and cheese