supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agoPirates are just hyperindividualized, privatized navies engaged in a competitive market with one another so how can they be worse than navies according to the logic of capitalism?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down119
arrow-up177arrow-down1message-squarePirates are just hyperindividualized, privatized navies engaged in a competitive market with one another so how can they be worse than navies according to the logic of capitalism?supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squaresupersquirrel@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·4 months agoAccording to who? I have seen zero evidence in my life capitalism requires a legal framework, it simply requires the threat of violence.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 months agoA legal framework is a monopoly on violence.
minus-squareDoc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoReally wish more people understood this.
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·4 months ago According to who? That’s the basic definition of capitalism: Free market + legal framework that enforces agreements and private property.
According to who? I have seen zero evidence in my life capitalism requires a legal framework, it simply requires the threat of violence.
A legal framework is a monopoly on violence.
Really wish more people understood this.
That’s the basic definition of capitalism: Free market + legal framework that enforces agreements and private property.