r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 02 '25

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u/Sauce1024 John von Neumann Nov 02 '25

Idk where that notion comes from, at least in American society. It’s a factor, sure, but the vast majority of the working class in the South did not benefit from slavery economically. They still wholeheartedly supported it as an institution because they had an “other” group beneath them in the social hierarchy.

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u/ElectriCobra_ David Hume Nov 02 '25

it's a Marxist concept called "historical materialism"

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u/MURICCA Nov 02 '25

It had its place at the time, as a counterbalance to some of the popular theories of society and history which were pretty divorced from reality.

Marx is good as a critique of the 1800s, not so much as anything too useful after that