When colonial powers introduced monetary systems in their overseas territories, it was not a process of offering goods and services. Instead, they imposed a poll tax that could only be paid on cash money, and cut off body parts of those who did not pay. This served to supply plantations with workers
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Alyssa Harad
Gradually realizing a lot of people on here (and around me IRL) think capitalism is mostly about convincing people to buy things and so are v confused about why this administration feels OK about killing off so many consumers. Y’all, capitalism is about extraction.
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