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>People have this propagandized view that the "free market" (which isn't real) is responsible for innovation. In the last century and a half, we went from cand
by oceanplexian 1y ago
>People have this propagandized view that the "free market" (which isn't real) is responsible for innovation.
In the last century and a half, we went from candle light and horse and buggy, to the lowest level of global poverty in the last 5,000 years of recorded human history.
If capitalism wasn't responsible then what was?
- jmyeet 1y agoChina is almost solely responsible for the reduction in global extreme poverty [1]. [1]: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2022/04/01/lifting-800-million-people-out-of-poverty-new-report-looks-at-lessons-from-china-s-experience https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2022/04/01/l...
- gerdesj 1y agoPlease expand your thesis.