• ilost7489@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    This goes into a fight over philosophy of human nature. However, since the days of the Roman republic over 2000 years ago where capitalism wasn’t even a concept, people have used political systems to consolidate and gain power over others. It is undoubtabele that there will be people who try to co-opt the system for their personal gain

    • Cowbee [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      Depends on Mode of Production. Roman society was still a class driven society.