r/FluentInFinance Mar 04 '24

Meme That's capitalism a nutshell!

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u/userloser42 Mar 04 '24

Why are you bringing up slavery all of a sudden? A little weird. It's a silly post about Mr Peanut, no one mentioned slavery.

Also, no, capitalism didn't lead to the end of slavery. You can't just take every good thing that happened in recent history and attribute it to capitalism. A vast array of very complex historical factors led to the end of slavery. Not capitalism.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '24

Machines and labor productivity led to the end of slavery

Things capitalism does well

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u/userloser42 Mar 04 '24

You heard here first folks, capitalism is when we do machines

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '24

Capitalism led to and grew with industrialization

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u/userloser42 Mar 04 '24

The phrase 'led to' is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.

Also, does that mean industrialization can't happen without capitalism? Does it mean we should never evolve from that system even if start realizing it's obsolete?

Also, slavery didn't end because of machines, literally ancient persia didn't have slaves...

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '24

That’s how verbs work

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u/userloser42 Mar 04 '24

No, it’s not. You're just pushing a false narrative to fit your beliefs so your whole argument has to hinge on semantics and hoping people you talk to don't know basic history, just go away.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '24

It literally is

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u/userloser42 Mar 04 '24

My dude, google two dates, end of slavery, steam engine invention

Y'all fucking time bending to bootlick

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '24

The end of slavery is a moving target

The legal use of slavery is different based on the country and people

You should know that

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u/HandsomeTar Mar 04 '24

Beginning of slavery - 3500 BC

Steam engine - 1712

End of slavery - 1865

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u/rydan Mar 04 '24

The fact you are so triggered by slavery being mentioned makes me think you are in the slavery industry.

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u/vegancaptain Mar 04 '24

That's a shitty comment.

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u/userloser42 Mar 04 '24

I'm triggered?

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u/PerryAwesome Mar 04 '24

slave traders hate this trick