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> It's not a capitalist thing specifically, it's a power thing. > > (See also "misinformation" today) Those aren't mutually exclusive. We live in a capitalist
by richbell 2y ago
> It's not a capitalist thing specifically, it's a power thing.
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> (See also "misinformation" today)
Those aren't mutually exclusive. We live in a capitalist society; money is power.
- DamnYuppie 2y agoTruly curious but in which form of society that has existed since the invention of money has money not been power? My read of the major types of societal power structures money has always had a large seat at the power table.
- kbolino 2y agoMoney can buy some power, but power is power. Power can create money, destroy money, redistribute money, etc. Even in a capitalist society, money is weaker than other forms of power, it's just easy to measure.
- jhbadger 2y agoUntil the industrial revolution, land was power far more than money. Wealthy merchants may have lived well, but it was the aristocrats who owned the land who really ran things. And that land wasn't purchased but inherited.
- Dylan16807 2y agoWith the word "specifically" in there, they are mutually exclusive in this situation.
- richbell 2y agoThe comment they were responding to never claimed it was "specific" to capitalism, so that's a moot point.
- Dylan16807 2y agoArguing that something is inherent to human nature (which power is) is a very reasonable counterargument to someone blaming capitalism. Even if they didn't use the word "specific"! It's not a moot point.