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Capitaleftism (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 months ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] MattBlackAlien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You can make a very good argument that it was Adam Smith, with Wealth of Nations.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

It was influential, but capitalism had essentially already come about in a limited form.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago

And his stated goal was competitive markets forever, not absolute monarchy with more steps. People dunk on conservatives by quoting that book.