capitalism arose much earlier with the free traders from the 10th century forward.
http://everything2.c...n+Medieval+Europe
hogwash assertions
capitalism arose much earlier with the free traders from the 10th century forward.
http://everything2.c...n+Medieval+Europe Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
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It began much earlier than that.
It is thought by many archaeologists that writing itself began with anti-pilfering inventories sent along with trade goods. The bronze age could not have been without long distance commerce because copper and tin are not mined in the same regions. Commerce requires capital.
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Simple title change, then: 'modern Vulture-capitalism'
wherein a mere 'mercantile tradition/process' comes to affect/infect (and even, effect) -- the mindset of the population in All human matters
-- some even trying to 'quantify' emotional states with numbers (or measure 'IQ' via spreadsheet, or ____.) Think. about. it. before knee-jerk recitations of earliest-dates when humans devised means of keeping Their Stuff their. stuff. We now have leetle cheeldrun who throw temper-tantrums if the labels on their clothes are not kewl-enough in their tribe. The 'terrible twos' used to refer to the stage of growth wherein a tot learns there is an idea of 'MINE' (and wants it all.) Now.. 'MINE' has become the base-religion of our form of Vulture-Capitalist mercantile tradition -- gone all sociopathic: covering much more in the victms' psyches ... than 'the exchanging of goods as a livelihood.' I'll still go with the essay, thankyouverymuch, Mr.Libertytarian-in-extremis. I could almost see voting for Palin in 2012 on the grounds that this sorry ratfucking excuse for a republic, this savage, smirking, predatory empire deserves her. Bring on the Rapture, motherfuckers! -- via RC |
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'modern Vulture-capitalism' as opposed to regular vultur
kapitalism. yea, the marxists have to hang their hat on something so they invent stories to match their class warfare mantra. Face it bubba, BP, united fruit, Carnegie, Krupp, have as much in common with the Normans, huns, Angles, Vandals as anyone else.
Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
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Not true
Commerce does not equal capitalism. Capitalism in particular has to do with markets where money is the good that is traded, usually for parts of a company that does some kind of commerce.
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