• EchoCT@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    Slaves are e human capital. So by definition weren’t plantations capitalist?

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      8 months ago

      I think they are very much capitalist. And then surely the Civil War that poors fought on plantation owners’ behalf should also be blamed on capitalism?