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[-] YearOfTheCommieDesktop@hexbear.net 26 points 2 years ago

wait is the "to crush your enemies" thing really a genghis khan thing? I always thought it was a Conan the Barbarian thing

[-] Barabas@hexbear.net 26 points 2 years ago

The Conan quote is a modified version of a Genghis Khan quote.

[-] thebartermyth@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Isn't all 'comparative advantage' stuff fake though?

E: Sorry, genuinely asking, not doing a bit.

[-] ElGosso@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Comparative advantage is just about division of labor. If you're awesome at making hats and good at making shoes, and I'm doodoo at making hats but okay at making shoes, then we gain the most if you focus on making hats and lose the least if I focus on making shoes. If you do everything for both of us, then I have nothing to contribute.

Also that's from way before neoliberalism, David Ricardo came up with that, and he was pre-Marx

[-] emelia@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

That's funny, I recall Ricardo being taught as a classic liberal in school, but reading the Wikipedia page he doesn't seem to be?
Seems like a cool dude tbh.

[-] ElGosso@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

He was an Adam Smith kinda dude

[-] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

What's wrong with being a classical liberal during the time it was normal, if not progressive to be one (the 1700s-1840s until Marx's reckoning)?

[-] moujikman@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

You have to take power dynamics in consideration when talking about comparative advantages. For example, when comparing the US to the textile industry in East Asia, the power dynamics perpetuate unequal labor conditions because more the affluent economic can leverage their buying power to dictate terms that are favorable to them but detrimental to workers.

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