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| Anarchopac ( | Always great when defenders of capitalism claim it decreases poverty without asking the question of why there is poverty in the first place. There's only poverty because there is a ruling class who privately own the means of existence and force everyone else to work for them. | |
| Bongmaster Dylan ( | It's important to note that a lot of defenders of capitalism consider poverty to be some natural thing, that somehow predates any economic arrangement. | |
| sawasdee ( | Well, scarcity has always existed and predates capitalism. Times of poverty have come upon all societies. But the notion that relative poverty is mandatory within a society is, yes, pure ideology. |