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minus-squareduderium [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoDid capitalism exist at that time?
minus-squareUnicodeHamSic [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoNo, that wasn’t invented till like the 1600s. There were signs of extensive and complicated trade networks as far back into prehistory as we can look. They simply didn’t form the moral basis of society like we see in capitalism
minus-squareduderium [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 months agoAnd if capitalism had a beginning, that would mean that it could also have an end?
minus-squareUnicodeHamSic [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 months agoGod yes, it has long outlived it’s usefullness.
Did capitalism exist at that time?
No, that wasn’t invented till like the 1600s. There were signs of extensive and complicated trade networks as far back into prehistory as we can look. They simply didn’t form the moral basis of society like we see in capitalism
And if capitalism had a beginning, that would mean that it could also have an end?
God yes, it has long outlived it’s usefullness.