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[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Capitalism literally caused both world wars.

[–] null@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but a lot of other humans didn't. Can't much write off an entire species because we failed to prevent an outlier from gaining power for a little while.

[–] null@slrpnk.net -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also can't much attribute all the complexities of both wars to just "capitalism" either. That was my point.

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes you can? Capitalism was very much at the root of the conflict. It can accurately be reduced to capitalism. You can elaborate and provide further detail to how it happened, but that doesn't change the big picture.

[–] null@slrpnk.net 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Of course you can over-simplify everything. You can do whatever you want!

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

There is a difference between simplifying and oversimplifying. Just like there is a difference between nuance and losing the forest for the trees.

[–] LufyCZ@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't it a couple lads with hurt feelings?

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

The larger causes were interimperial squabbling which is inevitable when capitalism reaches the stage of competing for foreign markets.