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MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn)'s status on Sunday, 26-Nov-2017 05:11:37 EST
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Holy crap there's a bunch of commercial crap pouring from #Mastodon. What do people think this is, a market place?! Person-to-person sales are capitalism too, remember. -
MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn)'s status on Sunday, 26-Nov-2017 05:12:13 EST
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Maybe "is capitalism". Hm. -
MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn)'s status on Sunday, 26-Nov-2017 05:17:34 EST
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@animeirl I'll just quote Wikipedia and call it a day:
»Capitalism is an economic system and an ideology based on private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.» -
MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn)'s status on Sunday, 26-Nov-2017 05:29:10 EST
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@bob I've started unsubscribing from those who repeat a bunch of stuff about peoples' private art things that they encourage people to buy. Jeez. -
MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn)'s status on Sunday, 26-Nov-2017 05:31:02 EST
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@animeirl I'd argue the lowest common denominator for all things called capitalism is the idea of private ownership and the accumulation of capital. Both are present in the actions I just frowned upon. -
MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn)'s status on Sunday, 26-Nov-2017 05:38:02 EST
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@dwmatiz People selling stuff. Promoting their stores. Encouraging others to buy. -
MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn)'s status on Sunday, 26-Nov-2017 05:39:22 EST
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@dtluna Shut up, Adam Smith.
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