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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Doesn't living in luxury while building wealth on the labor of others count as capitalism?

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 minute ago

No, that could be feudalism or lots of things

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Not by itself, agrarian slavery is different from industrial wage labor under private owners.