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Not key, but they synergize very well with capitalism. Having a class of people you can freely exploit drives down wages, makes many otherwise unviable jobs via
by sudosysgen 3y ago
Not key, but they synergize very well with capitalism. Having a class of people you can freely exploit drives down wages, makes many otherwise unviable jobs viable, is politically useful in a myriad of manners as wedge issues, cudgels, and distractions. Meanwhile, the invisible hand of the market can be used to legitimize any difference in standard of living, healthcare, and can even be used to practically deny legal rights. They really do work very well together.
- nvm0n2 3y agoHow can that be, when the most "anti-racism" obsessed country in the world is the USA which is also the most capitalist, and China/North Korea strongly restrict immigration and China even runs concentration camps for the Uighur? It seems like the opposite. The most capitalist places are the ones who spend all day stressing about the right way to capitalize the word black.
- sudosysgen 3y agoAre you forgetting the 200 years for which the USA was also the most capitalist country and legally enforced racism? Just because there is a lot of noise being made about anti-racism in the US doesn't mean it's the most progressive country in the world. It just means that a lot of noise is being made there.