• Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Divine right of kings simply morphed into capitalism. We didn’t get rid of jack shit, and we never will.

    • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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      6 months ago

      Feudalism is entirely different from Capitalism, which is entirely different from Socialism. Class dynamics have changed, and will change.

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            6 months ago

            Fundamentally different? Lords are still in control, just now we call them “Billionaires” and act like the “Market” protects us.

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        Feudalism is entirely different from Capitalism

        Not really, no. Even though feudalism doesn’t consider greed and resource hoarding inherently virtuous like capitalism does, both are at their core about the few rich and powerful exploiting and abusing the many poor and powerless through ownership of the necessities for life and a greater capacity for violence.

          • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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            6 months ago

            There are differences, yes, but they’re built on the same foundation and as such by definition NOT fundamentally different.

      • unreasonabro@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        “inherent humanity” - what a magical term. you might have a magical worldview! which means you won’t even recognize this as an insult, which is sad, but a little funny.

        • essell@lemmy.world
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          6 months ago

          I can recognise nonsense when I see it, and viewpoints based on assumptions rather than evidence.

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        6 months ago

        That would make sense for capitalism, if humanity didn’t have to have its permanent, essential characteristics beaten, traumatised and groomed out of them with land seizures, branding, whipping, workhouses, schools, prisons, debtors prisons, being forced to sell their children, slavery and the threat of homelessness and starvation for hundreds of years.

        People didn’t just accept either of those two systems and there’s nothing remotely inherent about them. They were both forced on people through violence or the threat of it.