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Where does 500 years come from? Capitalism goes back at least 3000 years, right?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-n%C4%81%E1%B9%A3ir

You guys would have a very bad time in the 1500s let's be real

I don't think the Marxist definition of capitalism lines up with the colloquial definition. Colloquially, it's thought of as systems in which money is exchanged for goods and services. As opposed to communism, where it is not. (These are both oversimplified)

When people say capitalism has been around for thousands of years, what they mean is the colloquial definition. Redefining their terms with the Marxist version doesn't address their actual point.

Isn't capitalism itself not only like 100-150 years old?

Somewhere between every man (and woman) for her (him) self and a general safety net for all the truth lies. And it's probably closer to the safety net. There's an awful lot of last stupid people, a few hardworking smart and educated people, lots of hardworking smart people and a few handful of rich assholes. Somehow we're all trapped in this flying ball of dirt.

Wrong, capitalism exist since exist money and greedy people which govern countries, since Pharaons and Kings, since the concept of property.