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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Doesn't living in luxury while building wealth on the labor of others count as capitalism?

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

No, that could be feudalism or lots of things

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 2 points 38 minutes ago

Not if you’re applying situational context. The American slave trade was intended for entirely capitalistic and sadistic means.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Not by itself, agrarian slavery is different from industrial wage labor under private owners.