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[–] ocassionallyaduck@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Are you implying that the US, and the Roman's, never had a period of growth and expansion that wasn't late stage capitalist rot?

The comment isn't saying this never happens really, it's saying it doesn't have to. This is capitalism with no guardrails.