• @OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml
    2•3 months ago

    i’m not saying i have a good plan. i’m saying i am suspicious of any plan that concentrates power, and i believe my suspicion is warranted.

    I mean, look up the life expectancy of China vs India over time. Place your suspicion against the facts.

    • Sybil
      -1•3 months ago

      The fact is that China has police and prisons and banks. I don’t know for sure but I would guess they even have landlords. That’s not my revolution.

        • Sybil
          -1•3 months ago

          that makes no sense. mercantilism threw no revolution.

            • Sybil
              0•3 months ago

              you know I dwelt on this a bit, and the revolution was thrown by the people and it wasn’t thrown for mercantilism. it was just against the feudal system. but what followed was mercantilism. merchants didn’t throw the revolution. I don’t know how you got the conclusion that the French revolution was a mercantilist revolution. I honestly can’t think of a single mercantilist revolution. The closest thing I can imagine are the American revolution and possibly the piracy of the 18th century.