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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day ago

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day ago
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    The rise in life expectancy has fuck all to do with capitalism given that life expectancy in both Cuba and China is higher than the US right now. Meanwhile, slavery continues to be the backbone of western economies.

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        Not sure what point you’re even trying to make here. Life expectancy has been improving due to science and technology improving.

        You could starve to death because your crop had been taken by the lords or die hanged to a tree because you complained

        That’s literally how things work today where western corps exploit the workers in the global south. That’s what your lifestyle in the west is built on. Go read up on the coups, death squads, and other atrocities the west regularly commits around the world to keep the system of exploitation going. Here’s a good primer for you https://archive.org/details/KillingHope

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            Last I checked, the genocide of the native population of America was fuelled by the British capitalism. Notably, capitalism was also the primary driver of African slave trade.

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                Wow, how convenient: “it wasn’t a perfect utopia so you’re not allowed to blame capitalism for it”.

                A reasoning as perfectly smooth and circular as your brain

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                “It wasn’t real capitalism!” oooaaaaaaauhhh

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                Capitalism as we intend it today

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                Lol

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        No one is currently being starved to death (or otherwise being deprived of being alive) because of capitalism

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        very-intelligent

        this is you

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            I’m a huge fan of arguments of the form "Are you saying [absurd nonsense that in no way resembles what they say said]?

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            That simply isn’t true. You’ve made some pretty broad claims about the middle aged already and putting them together it’s a pretty easy guess you don’t know jack shit about that time period. Cause so far it seems like you’ve gotten all of your information from pop culture.

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                so we’re to the point where you’re not even making substantive arguable claims anymore, you’re just expecting people to agree with you because you use reasonable sounding framing

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                The Middle Ages were a long period with a lot of variety

                omg just shut the fuck up you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about

                It’s always so crazy how people can get ego trapped in the most pointless internet arguments. Like you aren’t saying anything! Just trying to wiggle your way through this when you could just walk away from the computer and do anything else.

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                  Lmao they reported you with a “So much for a respectful discussion”

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                    smuglord

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                    I have committed a crime

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                No

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                  brow

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                    If they’re not gonna be serious ill just start saying dumb shit back

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            No one is currently being starved to death (or otherwise being deprived of being alive) because of capitalism

            Are you saying that since now only part of the world is starving, it was better in the medieval age when everyone was starving?

            https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Motte-and-bailey_argument

            Also, the nobility & clergy weren’t starving during feudalism, only the peasants during famines.

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            in the medieval age when everyone was starving?

            Mao has a great quote about how if you don’t investigate something, you have no right to speak. Basically “shut up you stupid fucker” and statements like this are what it was for.

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                if “everyone was starving” how did humanity survive you dumb fucker

                jason hickel talks a lot about actual medieval living standards if you’d ever like to be less of an ignorant dipshit

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                    Liberals really do think Wikipedia is The Holy Scripture

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            smuglord

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