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> Being able to accumulate capital, at least without having to resort to extreme violence is also about as "unnatural" as it gets.. (This is a genuine clarifyi
by logifail 2y ago
> Being able to accumulate capital, at least without having to resort to extreme violence is also about as "unnatural" as it gets..
(This is a genuine clarifying question, because I'm struggling here) are you suggesting that saving is somehow unnatural?
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoI believe that the claim is this: In the long scope of history, being able to accumulate money without having to be strong enough to defend it is really rare.
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- Wytwwww 2y ago> that saving is somehow unnatural Depends on how you define saving. Hoarding perishable goods is of course a pretty natural behaviour but that only scales so much. Investment (i.e. owning more land or other productive assets than you can utilize directly yourself) seems pretty as opposed to communal ownership seems pretty "unnatural". Not that I'm somehow implying that "natural" (whatever that really means, since using violence and coercion certainly seems like natural human behaviour) is somehow always superior to the opposite.