▲ 403 ▼ There is no pro capitalist left (lemmy.ml) submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@mander.xyz to c/actualsocialism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 91 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) It does if you employ someone permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) And employment was not invented until the 1800s either? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 month ago* Much much earlier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation#History Middle-ages at the latest at least in writing, but the idea of an employer we know of today probably goes way further back. People have owned and bought people longer than cities have had walls. The ability for an individual to be able to fire someone is not really compatible with leftism. Employers don't really desire unions, ya know? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) And employment was not invented until the 1800s either? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 month ago* Much much earlier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation#History Middle-ages at the latest at least in writing, but the idea of an employer we know of today probably goes way further back. People have owned and bought people longer than cities have had walls. The ability for an individual to be able to fire someone is not really compatible with leftism. Employers don't really desire unions, ya know? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 month ago* Much much earlier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation#History Middle-ages at the latest at least in writing, but the idea of an employer we know of today probably goes way further back. People have owned and bought people longer than cities have had walls. The ability for an individual to be able to fire someone is not really compatible with leftism. Employers don't really desire unions, ya know? permalink fedilink source parent
