• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      Capitalism is basically when another private citizen or private company can take you on as a wage laborer.

      If you can go get “a job” which is when you can put known work for known money consistently, and the one hiring you is someone other than the government, you’re in a capitalist place.

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        3 months ago

        Capitalism requires state subservience to the market as well, which doesn’t exist in China.