• Cleverdawny@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Capitalism is the worst way to run an economy. Except, of course, all other ways which have been tried.

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      5 months ago

      “Slavery is one of the worst forms of economic oppression. Except, of course, all other times we tried running the economy without slavery.”

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          5 months ago

          I wasn’t equating slavery with capitalism here. I was comparing your reasoning with the reasoning of those who argued for the status quo during times of slavery.