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Both being hallmarks of capitalism, does it really matter?
by imsofuture 7y ago
Both being hallmarks of capitalism, does it really matter?
- war1025 7y agoIt matters because giving someone who can't manage money more money doesn't improve anything. Further, being semi-financially literate is probably a prerequisite for clawing your way out of poverty.
- mfatica 7y agoFinancial illiteracy is a hallmark of capitalism?
- imsofuture 7y agoExtracting as much money as possible from the financially illiterate absolutely is.
- SkyBelow 7y agoExtracting resources from those who don't protect those resources is core behavior in most evolved animals. That we do it with money instead of other resources due to capitalism does not change that the root problem is on a deeper level than even human nature.
- RhodesianHunter 7y agoYep, only capitalism has poor people and people with poor financial literacy. rolls eyes
- imsofuture 7y agoI didn't even sort of say that.