• Canaconda@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    There’s a difference between capitalism and just having markets and money, to be fair.

    I mean this sincerely, because I don’t know everything about economics. Is it?

    No it is not.

    Currency is 3000 years old. Money and Markets preexist the capitalist system.

    A core concept of Karl Max book was how local markets can influence prices in distant markets; resulting famine due to prices not availability. That was his literal moral justification for regulating the economy.

    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      I’m not sure I understand your point. Capitalism is still capitalism under different names.

      Currency is 3000 years old. Money and Markets preexist the capitalist system.

      A core concept of Karl Max book was how local markets can influence prices in distant markets; resulting famine due to prices not availability. That was his literal moral justification for regulating the economy.