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>Book: Milton Friedman Capitalism & Freedom
Daily reminder peasants were more autonomous and free than the proletariat in industrial-capitalist countries. Central authority was very limited, and lords usually didn't do much. Hell there were even plenty of lordless peasants. Then you have the industrial revolution which ushers in """democratic""" governments with extreme centralization and wage-slavery, and that's not even discussing literal slavery in the colonies.
Capitalism and freedom are contradictory.
>YOU CANNOT REFUTE THIS

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Santa confirms.

Destroy capitalism before it destroys you.

>> No.17116884

>>17116076
Imagine thinking Feudalism is a good system

>> No.17116905

>>17116884
It wasn’t good, it was just better for its day than what a lot of people can afford now.

>> No.17116962

>>17116905
citation needed
Everyone besides the ruling class was dirt poor before capitalism came along

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>>17116962
And lived free and well enough. I’m not saying I’d prefer to live then. The absolute obedience to the spooks was as stifling as it is now, but there’s little difference to serfdom and wage slavery besides the fact you escape the sovereigns easier

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>>17117036
*you could escape the sovereign

Also this guys thoughts on the Zomian people who having experienced “civilization” retreated to a simpler life in the highlands to avoid those trappings

>> No.17117146

>>17117036
How is that a good life, the standards of living were shit and there were no good entertainment media.

>> No.17117165

>>17117146
also i heard in a lecture that the murder rate in middle ages europe was higher than the murder rate in america's worst cities

>> No.17117246 [DELETED] 

>>17117165
>"I heard in a lecture"
>No source
Okay buddy

>> No.17117381

Capitalism is a scam and you’re literally a cuck for defending it.

>> No.17117551

>>17117146
>there were no good entertainment media.

They had a solution to that, it was called a tight knit community that likes to spend time together. Drink together, eat together, make fires, tell stories, woo the ladies, learn games and tricks, there was plenty to do.

>> No.17117601

>>17117551
>They had a solution to that, it was called a tight knit community that likes to spend time together. Drink together, eat together, make fires, tell stories, woo the ladies, learn games and tricks, there was plenty to do.
Sounds comfy. I already have books for my entire life.
Just waiting for the colapse.

>> No.17117680

>>17117601
Also fucking. Lots and lots of fucking since children were actually an asset and there's a high chance one might die.

>> No.17117707

>>17117680
>since children were actually an asset and there's a high chance one might die.
Sounds gloomy. :/

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>>17116076
That's true, but I hope you are not implying that Communism is any better.

>> No.17117856

>>17117836
>Thinks this is communism
That’s Russia trying to industrialize under state centralized capitalism. I never read Lenin and I know that. Stop periodically gazing at your copy of Gulag Archaeopteryx and read some damn Kropotkin already.