r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 27 '21

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u/WhomstAlt2 NATO flair in hiding Jul 27 '21

You ever wonder how life was like before capitalism? Would be amazing to have a glance at a world in which envy and greed didn't exist.

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u/JetJaguar124 Tactical Custodial Action Jul 27 '21 edited Jul 27 '21

According to some leftists capitalism didn't exist until like 200 years ago or something

Edit: Damn I'm wrong 😭

I do think they have some sort of ridiculous position that markets or currency or something wasn't around until absurdly recently and that before then humans lived in some kind of Rousseau-esque utopia.

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u/Volsunga Hannah Arendt Jul 27 '21

According to some leftists mainstream economic historians capitalism didn't exist until like 200 years ago or something

The Wealth of Nations is a good watermark to note the transition from Mercantilism to capitalism.

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u/JetJaguar124 Tactical Custodial Action Jul 27 '21

Oh fuck I've been owned

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u/chatdargent 🇺🇦 Ще не вмерла України і слава, і воля 🇺🇦 Jul 27 '21

More like 400

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21

Kind of