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What is with this trend of calling things that happen in every human society ever "capitalist"?

• HideousKojima 3y ago
  Greed, self-interest, and selfishness were invented by Adam Smith, duh. In actuality I've seen internet communists regularly call clearcut examples of feudalism, mercantilism, and several other economic systems "capitalist." It often feels like they're not aware of any possible economic systems outside of capitalism and communism.
• pixelpoet 3y ago
  Just keep a little translation book in your head for modern speak; for example at this point "toxic" simply means "something I don't like", "literally" means figuratively, etc.
• marcusverus 3y ago
  It’s a leftist shibboleth.