To End Racism and Police Brutality, End Capitalism!

[nadinbrzezinski]

181. You mean the actual *American* left

becuase the rise of slavery as we know it is the product of MERCANTILISM. Capitalism goes back to 1800 or so. It was first identified in 1776 (maybe) by Adam Smith, but definitely named as such by Ricardo... a time when Slavery was starting to wane, and was getting challenged by the rise of the earliest proletariat, which was also starting to organize.

Quick, when was the first recognized labor strike in the United States? I am sure you can tell me .

Even Marx, well espeially Marx, recognized Slavery as an early method of getting free labor in primitive societies. He had not one word to say about racism either. But plenty to say about labor and capital... and the dialectic.

Yes, my head truly hurts, having actually, shit read Das Kapital. You might want to have this discussion where people are truly ignorant of any of this. You might get more success. I disagree with a lot of people on this site, often. To the point I mostly ignore what they post. But here, you are way out of your league.

Oh and I will further qualify this, Not the American left, as you obtusely write, but a small segment of the left, that is even despised by the rest of the left.