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Helsinki National History Museum: How capitalism in Finland caused breadlines, women to sell their bodies, doubled the suicide rate in men, destroyed most businesses, and destroyed a generation (lemmygrad.ml)

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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You say 'caused' in the past tense. Is Finland no longer capitalist?

[–] ReadFanon@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago

The past tense is in reference to the historical event, it doesn't refer to the present state of Finland's economy.

If someone had a post titled: "How Trump caused a rift within liberalism in the US" the past tense would not imply that Trump no longer exists or that he is no longer a politician, it would simply be referring to the political rift as a historical event.