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You're seriously going to tell me that Victorian imperialism wasn't capitalism? That the rape of India wasn't capitalism? That the Belgian congo wasn't operated by capitalist investors? You're ahistorical and an idiot. You think the Algerian colonies weren't operated by European capitalists? Nazi Germany is a great example of European capitalism as well.
Your highest standard of living is based on capitalist exploitation of the entire world and the working class. Your sick, violent, white supremacist countries are about to flush it's social democracy directly down the toilet to go to war with Russia too. Guns or Butter.
You're delusional.
Talk with some actual capitalists, and they'll all tell you that their core values are pretty much the opposite of whatever you're describing here.
Capitalism is simply the most successful system in the world, so it's an easy target for edgy teens who want something to blame for their failures.
But please do tell me how I'm exploiting the world, or how I'm violent or racist. Maybe you can call me an fascist incel so the word salad has all the cool things kids say nowadays
Brazil follows the great northern European style of capitalism and this shit doesn't work if you don't exploit the global south.
Brazil? Their maximum tax bracket isn't even half of what I'm currently paying in taxes, and I'm not even in the highest bracket