Message from @Beemann
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very capitalist/american of them
Or the simple extension of a corporate chain
they saw a whole in the market and filled it to great success
america didint invent capitalism
Nobody said it did
America *was* the true realization of western liberal values
capitalism was a process that developted out of the middle ages through the rise of the merchent class
That's its cultural foundation
@Arch-Fiend the /american was because the american dream: start your own business and be successful. Change the hand life dealt you.
not because we invented capitalism
yeah the american dream was also the european dream
Yes, but Europe was generally feudal, not free
was, now apparently its be a slave state to germany
Bow to your King who bows to the Pope who bows to God
during this AMERICAN dream thing europe was post feudal
It was still hierarchical
It was still dealing with the effects
fucking everything is hierarchical
America was a clean slate
heirarchy does not prevent socioechonomic migration, it defines it
by the time of the industrial revolution a stratified heirarchy of wealth and power already existed in the united states
Yeah, but what I'm saying is America was about freedom and making your own way. Europe was about loyalty to the state and communal/authoritarian values
Mind you, now we've got the 'States slowly undermining their core values, one by one
Even if it did that through a capitalist economy
sure there was more self centeredness in american culture relitive to european culture so you have a point there
but i dont think that stifled entrepenuership as much as the myth makes it out to be
just look at firearms development in europe and how many names pop up over its history that wernt established manufacturers to begin with
theres also a myth that everyone who came to america was successful even though we know most europeans who migrated here in the 19th century went back home just as poor
the majority had no success in the united states and those we have now still were the exceptions to the rules or the wealthy
i mean, firearms development was a real easy market in most of europe for most of european history
I mean tbf I have a skewed view on American prosperity, the Irish were slaves and now we're most of Boston lmao
there was always a pair of countries looking for weapons to kill each-other
OMG EUROPE LEGITIMATELY BEGGED TO BE FUCKED AND NOW THEY ARE TRYING TO RUIN THE INTERNET FOR EVERYONE
They must all be bottoms
its too late
its already been done
prepare your anus
they are going in dry
It's not. It's now in the hands of the government reps each country has in the EU that actually choose what laws go in to place. We can bitch at our government to slap it down but if we couldn't get the people we vote for to side with us then we aren't going to get the rep to listen. It was nice while it lasted.
The EU is seriously losing power and influence though.