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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think it's more:

  • We rule you and take your money
  • We preach to you and take your money
  • We fight you and take your money/resources
  • We take your resources that you've grown

Or it could be the rulling class takes the biggest cut, clergy the next biggest etc. with workers at the bottom supporting the entire system but receiving the least.

[–] Kalcifer -4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

None of that has anything to do with capitalism, though. You're just pointing out the negatives of tyranny, which, arguably, capitalism doesn't necessitate.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They are each beneficiaries of the capitalist system, with the military / police serving duel roles as employed and enforcers / protectors of the system.

[–] Kalcifer 1 points 4 months ago

They are each beneficiaries of the capitalist system

How do police and the military specifically benefit from a capitalist system?


with the military / police serving duel roles as employed and enforcers / protectors of the system.

Are you saying that only a capitalist system benefits from the police and military?


All that being said, I'm not entirely sure what your point has to do with the thesis of the poster.