Daily reminder that capitalism emerged out of the looting effort popularly known as the "Reformation"
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Replying to @380kmh
Locke's absolutist theory of private property was intellectual rationalization for that looting
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Replying to @380kmh
if Reformation -> capitalism, maybe the Reformation *was* good after all!
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Replying to @bswud
what if: markets and commerce predate capitalism by millennia
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Replying to @380kmh
markets and commerce good; capitalism better!pic.twitter.com/hjDMPDcuV5
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Replying to @380kmh
seriously though: would English economic history have been all that different without dissolution of monasteries? idk
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definitely worth asking. There are analogous situations outside Europe too, I'm fairly certain
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Replying to @380kmh
genuinely though, looting is bad because it has bad results (imo). If it was necessary for capitalism then maybe sometimes it's good
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