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Re:How critical theory is radicalizing high school debate by indigo945 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @06:01AM (#36929579)
Today from the "drank the kool-aid" study book on the history of capitalism: before Adam Smith invented and advocated laissez-faire capitalism in 1776, all the people in the world were starving to death in gulags.
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Re:How critical theory is radicalizing high school debate by gotoeleven on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @06:28PM (#36978644)
The only 20th century alternative to capitalism was socialism whose only fruits were a massive pile of skulls. So are you talking about going back to feudalism? Monarchy?
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