Comparing business in ancient times with business today is like comparing warfare of today with sword and shield fighting.
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MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 4 days agoWell, capitalism has been around for thousands of years so I don’t see why it would simply just disappear in the next 500.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 days ago
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 3 days ago
War never changes, and neither does business. It’s just the trends that change.
Just ask Ea-Nasir.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 days ago
One reason George Washington wasn’t the worst general was that he was actually a fine horseman and could get around the battlefield quickly.
Try an actual book written by one of the best minds of our time.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 3 days ago
“Wasn’t the worst general” is a nice euphemism for “he could have been king of America if he’d wanted”.
tomiant@piefed.social 3 days ago
TRADE. TRADE has been around for thousands of years, and trade doesn’t dictate who we are or what we want to be, the exchange of goods is not the be all end all of our societies. There are ample proof of cultures that did not have money and still lived a good life.
Capitalism is a very different beast which took shape during the industrial revolution.
And the fact that you are incapable of seeing an alternative means you are on the side of the oligarch cabal running your life.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 3 days ago
Oh, I’ve seen plenty of alternatives, but I’ve never seen any of them work out in the long run. They always sound good on paper but end up disastrous when implemented in the real world.
Also, banking, the main feature of capitalism, which turns capital into a tradable good, is much older than you think. Making loans and charging interest are already mentioned in the Bible, an in fact, have been around for at least 2000 years before that (Source).