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  • I think you could argue that capitalism even entered the human world before even currency was a thing.

    I’d love to see your citations and reasoning on this, assuming it doesn’t fall into “capitalism is when anyone owns anything or sells anything”

    Because this

    In most civilizations wealth tends to accumulate at the top of the societal pyramid, which is capitalism. The pharaohs and sumerian kings alike are capitalists

    Is ridiculous.







  • SCB@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlHow about that?
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    9 months ago

    So first off, I live in a rural suburb not unlike her district, and my wife is from a town of 300 people. I used to live in Eastern Kentucky. I am not belittling rural people or rural living. However, ask people from there and they’ll say, “small town in the middle of nowhere.”

    I’m sorry, but I do not believe rural people getting “steamrolled” because there are fewer of them is a bad thing. Quite the opposite. Your town has infrastructure challenges, so who do they elect? Someone who fights against improving their own area

    A tyranny of the majority is infinitely preferable to a tyranny of the minority.


  • SCB@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlHow about that?
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    9 months ago

    The people of this region still vote and the way our government is set up means large cities don’t get to dictate everything

    Quite the opposite. Pockets of people from nowhere have outsized control over our federal government. This isn’t a constitutional issue either, but an agreement Congress made to stop apportionment.

    We broke our government and we should fix it.






  • SCB@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlbit of a hot take
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    10 months ago

    You’re just as disaffected as everyone else and the day you realize it’s because the system you’re defending is the problem is the day everything will make sense to you

    I’m not stuck in here with you. You’re stuck in here with me.






  • SCB@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlbit of a hot take
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    10 months ago

    While these idiots are advocating for a revolution they’ll neither participate in not be effective if they did, the rest of the world will just keep innovating it’s way out of problems.

    People like the dude you’re replying to are the worst kind of useless. They’re the kind of person buying Powerball tickets to try to get out of debt.