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0 pointseru3y ago0 comments

Have a look inside Mao's China or Soviet Russia to cure you of the notion that capitalism is special here.

Doom and gloom have been around for longer than a money based economy, too.

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collyw3y ago· 1 in thread

They arrive at the same endpoint through different means. Too much concentrated power and wealth.

eruOP3y ago

It's not at all the same endpoint.

Ensorceled3y ago· 1 in thread

Ah yes, whenever someone complains about unchecked capitalism, there is always someone to bring up Soviet Russia.

eruOP3y ago

It's quicker to make this argument by contrast, than to make the longer argument that capitalism is great in absolute terms.

s53003y ago

My comment is based around his specific words of “disease of our times”, being unrelated to the timeframes you’ve mentioned.

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