Gregory's Server@your_huckleberry @golgaloth , society functioned long before capitalism and yes, if you're a miserable sod you're not going to have too many happy people around you, no?
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 @your_huckleberry , I believe that before capitalism, as we know it today - |
@Antigrav Smith invented capitalism the same way that Newton invented gravity. Capitalism and society are inextricably linked. That's why accounting was invented in Mesopotamia not long after agriculture.
https://maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/mathematical-treasure-mesopotamian-accounting-tokens
The notion that aboriginal peoples didn't have economies or systems of governance comes from the writings of colonizers who saw the native people as savages without sophistication. Colonizers who had a vested interest in perpetuating the offensive "noble savage" myth.
@Antigrav Smith invented capitalism the same way that Newton invented gravity. Capitalism and society are inextricably linked. That's why accounting was invented in Mesopotamia not long after agriculture.
https://maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/mathematical-treasure-mesopotamian-accounting-tokens