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Truly 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
by DamnYuppie 2y ago
Truly 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.