• hdnsmbt@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Yeah, because everybody knows the obvious answer. It’s untethered capitalism. And no it hasn’t always been that way. Politicians weren’t always whores for the rich. That’s a rather recent development that can absolutely be stopped by the will of the people.

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      11 months ago

      As much as I respect your argument; the Romans. Or any civilisation really. It literally has always been that way.

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        11 months ago

        Are you implying that the US, and the Roman’s, never had a period of growth and expansion that wasn’t late stage capitalist rot?

        The comment isn’t saying this never happens really, it’s saying it doesn’t have to. This is capitalism with no guardrails.

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        11 months ago

        I don’t know enough about Roman politics to contradict but “any civilisation really” is definitely too broad of a stroke.