My comment is meant as a counter argument for the claim that capitalism is “manipulating you to buy specific shit”
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KaleDaddy@reddthat.com 11 months agoMedieval communities did not engage in capitalism or any sort of internal market economy. Your assumption is that history defaults to a modern western mindset where everyone is highly individualistic and only interested in themselves. Yes you would give your neighbor eggs because you know theyll give you nails. Its called a “gift economy” by historians. Anyone who didnt help the community would be ostracized
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 11 months ago
iopq@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Money was invented in 3000BC, with first coins being minted out of precious metals around 650 to 600BC
Helluin@lemm.ee 11 months ago
coins being around for a long time dosent mean that most trade relied on them though
TheFonz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Trade existed. Trade over privately owned goods. Also known as capitalism. Capitalism is a broad term and people in this thread are zoning in on modern day liberal interpretation of capitalism because they can’t wait to get their late stage capitalism verbiage in. Please, everyone take a step back or open a history book.
KaleDaddy@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Commerce is not the same thing as capitalism, those words are not synonyms. Take a step back and open a dictionary. Pedantic definitions aside. The idea that capitalism is human nature and that human society and more broadly humans as a species are inherently capitalist is completely made up and ancient couns existing doesnt prove it. Id recommend looking up articles regarding “gift culture’” and “barter culture”
As for opening a history book: i did my undergrad in European history, and have a masters in Archeology. So while im not the definitive expert on the history of commerce and capitalism by any means, I have definitely opened up a couple history books.
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 11 months ago
It brings me hope when I see atleast one other person trying to make sense. Fun place for debate, isn’t it?