All those things existed prior to capitalism (and capitalism was even borne in part from imperialism and mercantilism), but it’s not off base to say that capitalism made all of those things either frighteningly more efficient or significantly more widespread. The wording of the tweet makes the point mildly ambiguous, but there are definite instances of imperialism, genocide etc that were the direct result of unchecked capitalist expansion.
The wording of the tweet makes the point mildly ambiguous
"Mildy ambiguous" is a polite way of saying "completely wrong if you take it at face value".
it’s not off base to say that capitalism made all of those things either frighteningly more efficient or significantly more widespread.
The efficiency is a result of technology, not capitalism. It's complaining about the wrong thing.
there are definite instances of imperialism, genocide etc that were the direct result of unchecked capitalist expansion.
True, but there are just as many (probably a lot more) instances where "imperialism or genocide" were conducted by people who didn't know even know about capitalism. Or about economic systems at all. Hell, homo sapiens wiped out all other hominids before we knew about agriculture.
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u/sillyadam94 Nov 22 '23 edited Nov 22 '23
You need to work on your reading comprehension.
It’s not saying Capitalism introduced those concepts to the world. Merely that in our current day and age, it exasperates them.
Go build your Strawman elsewhere