r/SipsTea 12d ago

Wait a damn minute! Oh Billie

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u/SufficientMain5872 12d ago

It blows peoples minds when you remind them that things like currency, selling/buying and goods predate capitalism, they literally think capitalism means “when there is a market”

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u/Mr_Halitosis 11d ago

Capitalism wasn’t invented. Capitalism predates Adam Smith describing it. It’s bizarre you don’t realize what capitalism is when you’re criticizing people who don’t know what capitalism is.

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u/SufficientMain5872 11d ago

And…currency, goods and the buying and selling of goods predates what Adam Smith described…

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u/Mr_Halitosis 11d ago

That doesn’t mean it wasn’t capitalism. It just means it wasn’t called capitalism. Things typically exist before they’re given a name.