• @southerntofu
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    32 years ago

    Can you think of a time when capitalism was not deeply feudalist? If you think the wave of laissez-faire over a century ago was any different, think again: the “miner towns” and other private cities where you boss is your landlord and mayor tells a different story. And don’t even get me started on colonial extractivism and how to massacre a culture/population then plant a corrupt overlord to extract another people’s resources.

    Capital was always supported by a strong centralized State, and even the libertarian utopians of Silicon Valley have always lived on Pentagon “welfare” money.

    • @ttmrichter
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      12 years ago

      In the small capitalism can be non-feudal.

      Scale it past, say, 300 people and it’s a nightmare of feudalism and billionaire welfare state.

      • @poVoq
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        1 year ago

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        • @ttmrichter
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          12 years ago

          OK, that’s probably what I actually meant, yes.