• ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    the oligarchy as it currently stands precedes the capitalist state as we know it today. some of them even come from the very same families, like they are fucking kings (they are)

    and yes, despite capitalism having changed over time, its basic power structures have remained the same for the last century or more.

    and that’s nothing, if you consider feudalism lasted even longer while also changing but keeping more or less the same types of power structures. don’t quote me on feudalism though.

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      the oligarchy as it currently stands precedes the capitalist state as we know it today. some of them even come from the very same families, like they are fucking kings (they are)

      I mean, these are terms with vague borders - oligarchy, feudalism, capitalism …

      About same families - I guess in France/Italy/Germany or in Japan maybe.

      and that’s nothing, if you consider feudalism lasted even longer

      Same problem. Arguably in Britain a lot of it still lasts, and in Germany.

      OK. So my point was specifically about modern regress and tech corporations. Not all of history.

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        oligarchy are the elites, or the bourgeois, or “they”. ill admit different people have different meanings for it, but i mean specifically in the marxist sense. ill be more specific and clarify its the bourgeois so were on the same page.

        capitalism is not vague at all though. is the political-economic system we live under, it has been pretty standardized between countries for a while. with the washington consensus and all.