GodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoCant have capitalism without racismlemmy.worldimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageCant have capitalism without racismlemmy.worldGodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoPlease, explain why Angela Davis is wrong. I dare you. Edit: do any of the people downvoting me even know who she is or seen her work?
minus-squareLightor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoEvidence of basic capitalism has existed in areas that only had a single race or where the race of owners/customers were the same. Can you explain why the economic framework of capitalism NEEDS racism to work?
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoRacism needs capitalism, not the other way around. Racism is an aspect of the class war, intended to drive apart those of the working class.
minus-squarethe_toast_is_gone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoWas the Soviet Union a capitalist country? Because they have an entire Wikipedia page dedicated to their antisemitism.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoCapitalism is a fairly recent invention. Racism is as old as humanity and in no way depends on capitalism to exist
This is dumb and false
Please, explain why Angela Davis is wrong. I dare you.
Edit: do any of the people downvoting me even know who she is or seen her work?
Evidence of basic capitalism has existed in areas that only had a single race or where the race of owners/customers were the same.
Can you explain why the economic framework of capitalism NEEDS racism to work?
Racism needs capitalism, not the other way around. Racism is an aspect of the class war, intended to drive apart those of the working class.
Was the Soviet Union a capitalist country? Because they have an entire Wikipedia page dedicated to their antisemitism.
Yeah, they were state capitalist.
Capitalism is a fairly recent invention. Racism is as old as humanity and in no way depends on capitalism to exist