[pram]

“The word “capitalism” would not be coined for another 3,800 years. Adam Smith was 3,700 years from picking up his pen.”

This is pretty bad writing lol. Markets are as old as civilization itself, Adam Smith obviously knew this. General commerce != capitalism

[dudeinjapan]

I'm looking for the tablet that says "We're an anarcho-syndicalist commune..."

[psychoslave]

Obviously not exactly that, but egalitarian regims in complex societies was apparently a thing, or at least strong evidences back this scenario.

https://asiatimes.com/2023/06/mystery-of-missing-indus-valle...

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/indus-val...