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by avelis 964 days ago
It's capitalistic (greed) to chase fortune IMO.
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I love being poor and not able to own a home
What is with this trend of calling things that happen in every human society ever "capitalist"?
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.
It’s a leftist shibboleth.
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.