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Re:The Internet of Beefs by PhasmaFelis on Monday January 20, 2020 @11:33PM (#22104330)
> I think this way of looking at it is interesting and I don’t see why your comment is currently being downvoted.

Many HN users seem to have a strong knee-jerk reaction against criticism of capitalism, however gentle or thoughtful.

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Re:The Internet of Beefs by kortilla on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @12:01AM (#22104417)
Well perhaps the issue is that the comment had no justification to attach it to capitalism? Capitalism has been around much longer than the decline of these social bonds.
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Re:The Internet of Beefs by spappletrap on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @04:25PM (#22111768)
Has it though? The roman empire was a command economy, but there are obvious vestiges of the empire in our society still
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