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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 个月前

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 个月前
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  • Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Were the Virginia planters keeping sex slaves capitalists though? Most of the capitalists at the time were up north where slavery was illegal by the founding.

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      Is that really the hair you want to split?

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      Doesn’t living in luxury while building wealth on the labor of others count as capitalism?

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        Not by itself, agrarian slavery is different from industrial wage labor under private owners.

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        No, that could be feudalism or lots of things

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          Not if you’re applying situational context. The American slave trade was intended for entirely capitalistic and sadistic means.

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