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pasquinelli
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why did anyone trade prior to capitalism?
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SR2Z
1mo ago
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Consensual trade between rational actors leads to both of them benefiting. Before capitalism, the ideology which focused on property rights and individual freedoms didn't really have a name...
pasquinelli
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1mo ago
so how's it the beauty of capitalism?
SR2Z
1mo ago
'cause that's the one where you get to own things?
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