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Average capitalism enjoyer (media.mas.to)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

“Gee, I know I said all that about wage slavery, but who could have predicted iPhones and corn syrup. This is great!”

Read the shit you’re making claims about.

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  • [+] -8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Why don't you do the same? Your original quote is 137 years old. It is in fact problematic to equate the economic landscape of 2023 to that of 1886. In that quote Douglass is specifically criticizing the treatment of freed slaves, not capitalism in general. (If you want to convince people capitalism is bad, you need to make valid criticisms, not twist old quotes to suit your narrative)

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I got the quote from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slavery

    Where did you hear that it was specific only to freed slaves?

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