• wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    YOU are the one who clearly doesn’t know how we got here. If you’re going to try to “um, actually” me, you had better damn well have your facts in order.

    The Wealth of Nations was published 250 years ago. Capitalism didnt fucking EXIST “over 250 years ago”, let alone as a system in place. There have always been exploitative systems, but not the one founded on Adam Smith’s political philosophy

    If we’re going to fight against a system as entrenched as capitalism, the least you can do is put a basic modicum of effort into knowing the actual history, before trying to claim superiority by posting old quotes by smarter people than yourself, without context, and expecting other people to interpret your meaning for themselves. It’s lazy.

    I didn’t ask for your historically inaccurate opinion on liberal reform. I asked the moderator of this community if this community’s purpose remains unchanged, or if the sidebar need be updated.