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Capitalism is partially dependent on racism to survive (Original Post) egbertowillies Jun 2020 OP
Right on! burrowowl Jun 2020 #1
Capitalism can not exist without an exploitable workforce, which is why so many... brush Jun 2020 #2

brush

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2. Capitalism can not exist without an exploitable workforce, which is why so many...
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 02:30 PM
Jun 2020

jobs here have been exported to lower wage countries, whereever and whoever inhabits the country. Racism and capitalism are intertwined in the present day world as lower wage countries are mostly POC nations. If there was a nation with ethnic white that corporations could exploit for lower worker overhead they would flock there like what happened in Ireland and Poland etc.

It's all about cutting overhead to increase profit, even if a good profit is already being made. Many American corps were making good, reasonable profits but deserted white, working and middle class workers who they replaced with cheaper workers overseas.

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