why do so few communist revolutionaries think about the dangers of starvation associated with testing a novel economic theory primarily on the sector that lets you eat
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Replying to @eigenrobot
Basic issue was that agricultural share of workforce was much higher back then. Also has to be seen in the context of the political salience of land reform, which was the primary leftist policy priority for thousands of years until pretty recently.
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Replying to @davidshor @eigenrobot
Thousands of years!? Leftism is only 200 years old.
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Replying to @SamsonCorwell @davidshor
Gracchi tho its a very old thread imo, ideas like redistribution didnt start in 1793 just sort of recur from time to time consider also eg the levellers during 17C England
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