NoLeftLeftWhereILive [none/use name, she/her]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 months agoMagical thinkinghexbear.netimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up192arrow-down1imageMagical thinkinghexbear.netNoLeftLeftWhereILive [none/use name, she/her]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregoose [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·9 months agoIf you ask ten Americans to explain capitalism, nine will simply describe a market economy
minus-squareTachanka [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·9 months agocapitalism when market socialism when state
minus-squareDragonBallZinn [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·9 months agoAnd then eight of those nine will just describe commerce.
minus-squareTankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·9 months agoIt’s true. Friend of mine has a politics degree from a world renowned university and still insists that capitalism existed in antiquity because people exchanged goods for currency.
minus-squaredanisth [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 months agoGraebers “Debt” does a great job of deconstructing this. Econ 101 really creates so many brainworms.
If you ask ten Americans to explain capitalism, nine will simply describe a market economy
capitalism when market
socialism when state
And then eight of those nine will just describe commerce.
It’s true. Friend of mine has a politics degree from a world renowned university and still insists that capitalism existed in antiquity because people exchanged goods for currency.
Graebers “Debt” does a great job of deconstructing this. Econ 101 really creates so many brainworms.