Stuart Watt: I’d agree — because I think the issues we are confronting today are a resurrected mercantilism, not straight capitalism at all. I’m a big believer in economic democracy, co-operatives, worker-run companies, which are consistent with socialism and capitalism, but not mercantilism.

Everything wrong in the world is the fault of the British Empire when you think about it.

technically, the United States is very much Britain’s fault

If I were Dutch, I would resent you erasing the imperial sins of my ancestors.

I think we can blame them for capitalism.

No, I'm pretty sure that's a British thing too. @thetattooedprof.bsky.social?

Feel like the Dutch have a pretty good claim to the financial and merchant capitalism varieties at least #teamwork

I thought it all came from Venice. Their merchants could buy monopolies and it kind of spread from there.

Isn’t that more mercantilism? I’m not exactly up to date on Middle Ages’ economic systems, I admit.

I’d agree — because I think the issues we are confronting today are a resurrected mercantilism, not straight capitalism at all. I’m a big believer in economic democracy, co-operatives, worker-run companies, which are consistent with socialism and capitalism, but not mercantilism.

Bloody Venetians. I knew there was a reason I took them out early in Medieval War II.

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