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bucolic_frolic

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1. Yup. It's all about laissez-faire capitalism

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Thu Dec 25, 2025, 04:10 PM

21 hrs ago

Last edited Thu Dec 25, 2025, 05:24 PM - Edit history (1)

The guys who eventually mined coal and built railroads had no restrictions on kidnapping people and selling them as slaves. The 1600s, more or less. And they bought grand estates and built castles.

Are deportations a budding slavery system? Any media accounts of what happens to these people?

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The History of Wealth Throughout History -- Sarah Cooper [View all] erronis 22 hrs ago OP

Yup. It's all about laissez-faire capitalism bucolic_frolic 21 hrs ago #1

Well done! snot 21 hrs ago #2

She's on point as always... and this bit makes me shudder thinking about that newly minted Arkansas lottery billionaire JudyM 20 hrs ago #3

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OK, a little more comforting. JudyM 11 hrs ago #10

OMG! That was good! ananda 20 hrs ago #5

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