Somehow I assume you don't associate capitalism with chattel slavery and apartheid. But you do associate corrupt authoritarianism with economics when it is system that you don't like.

[–] EchoCT@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Slaves are e human capital. So by definition weren't plantations capitalist?

[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

I think they are very much capitalist. And then surely the Civil War that poors fought on plantation owners' behalf should also be blamed on capitalism?

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 months ago

What is it with people here thinking that earning a wage is slavery? That requires either a complete lack of understanding what slavery or just some serious impressive mental gymnastics.

I associate corrupt authoritarianism with communism because it's an inevitable outcome. Communism only works of you remove individual freedoms and force people into it. This, by design, requires a dictatorship. Dictatorships foster corruption because you can't have transparency.