GodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoGotta start them off younglemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square93linkfedilinkarrow-up1725arrow-down1122
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minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years ago“The spirit of imperialism” isn’t the same as “the yearning for never-ending and ever-growing profits”. Infinite growth on a finite planet is literally impossible. What propelled the hunger for exotic colonies? The foreign products which were so esteemed back in Europe. We could argue all day what specific ideology it is what drove them, but I think it’s enough to say it was greed and cruelty of some sorts.
minus-squareRoidingOldMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoGreed absolutely. But feels like this meme is pretending that money only started existing in the 16th century and no one was greedy before that.
“The spirit of imperialism” isn’t the same as “the yearning for never-ending and ever-growing profits”.
Infinite growth on a finite planet is literally impossible.
What propelled the hunger for exotic colonies? The foreign products which were so esteemed back in Europe.
We could argue all day what specific ideology it is what drove them, but I think it’s enough to say it was greed and cruelty of some sorts.
Greed absolutely. But feels like this meme is pretending that money only started existing in the 16th century and no one was greedy before that.