I posted this earlier today in the tech lemmy instance, but, they have no sense of humor and deleted it. I’m trying here.

  • Telodzrum@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Ahh yes, taxes which have existed since the first and most basic state came into being – millennia before capitalism, even at its most primitive, was conceived of or practiced – are capitalist.

    It’s kind of incredible how teenagers on the internet use the word “capitalism” the same way boomers on facebook use “communism.”

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      1 year ago

      My bad, just meant to argue that taxes weren’t explicitly communist. I don’t have any strong feelings for or agains t communism yet, maybe I’ll look into it later. Just hate to see people use thr name of an economic system as a debate ender, although I suppose I did the same. Guess it’s just the debater in me wishing we could have actual structural arguments on thr internet instead of throwing slang words around.