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minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 hours agoDoesn’t living in luxury while building wealth on the labor of others count as capitalism?
minus-squarefrightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoNo, that could be feudalism or lots of things
minus-squareNotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoNot if you’re applying situational context. The American slave trade was intended for entirely capitalistic and sadistic means.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-26 hours agoNot by itself, agrarian slavery is different from industrial wage labor under private owners.
Doesn’t living in luxury while building wealth on the labor of others count as capitalism?
No, that could be feudalism or lots of things
Not if you’re applying situational context. The American slave trade was intended for entirely capitalistic and sadistic means.
Not by itself, agrarian slavery is different from industrial wage labor under private owners.