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[โ€“] blame@hexbear.net 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Does it? Because the question seems to be why there is an inflection point specifically in 1971 and not about the nature of capitalism in general.

[โ€“] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 13 points 5 days ago

I mean I was obviously being a bit silly. It explains why capitalism must do something like that but does not explain why capitalism in the US did it at explicitly that time