I always felt capitalism was just humans at their most pure and Evil. At their worst. In their most unfettered state.
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Well, economic system is flawed because mutated ape is flawed. It's all flawed everything is flawed.
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So y'all just gonna ignore all of human history showing that it's not a modern thing?
Humans have been dog shit from the beginning. Always at war, multiple genocides, constant ethnic cleansings, torture en masse, all of these things have been prevalent in all of recorded history.
As bad as capitalism is it's just another example of humanities inability to just be fucking decent to each other.
This is just a thought terminating cliche that capitalists have developed now that the problems with the system are undeniable. It’s the classic retort of the scum bag, after they’ve realized “I didn’t do it” won’t fly, to say “well, everyone does it!"
Yeah it wasn't capitalists that gave me this mindset. It was researching human history. And it's completely filled with slavery, racism, unnecessary wars, torture, religious persecution, the list is damn near endless.
If humans are so easily swayed to abhorrent violence then at a certain point you have to realize it's our nature. Peace is just something wishful people dream of.
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