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erronis

(22,901 posts) Thu Dec 25, 2025, 03:37 PM Dec 25

The History of Wealth Throughout History -- Sarah Cooper

I'm reposting this from struggle4progress - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220028097.

I didn't see this earlier post and Sarah's performance is so wonderful and pointed that I thought it worth another post.

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The History of Wealth Throughout History -- Sarah Cooper (Original Post) erronis Dec 25 OP

Yup. It's all about laissez-faire capitalism bucolic_frolic Dec 25 #1

Well done! snot Dec 25 #2

She's on point as always... and this bit makes me shudder thinking about that newly minted Arkansas lottery billionaire JudyM Dec 25 #3

Not a billyaire Aviation Pro Dec 25 #4

OK, a little more comforting. JudyM Dec 26 #10

OMG! That was good! ananda Dec 25 #5

K&R! 2naSalit Dec 25 #6

Sarah Cooper is brilliant ZDU Dec 25 #7

Brilliant. summer_in_TX Dec 26 #8

She is great! canetoad Dec 26 #9

She's brilliant Easterncedar Dec 26 #11

She's a peach! Liberal In Texas Dec 26 #12

History contains little beyond a list of people who have accommodated Ping Tung Dec 26 #13

bucolic_frolic

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1. Yup. It's all about laissez-faire capitalism

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Thu Dec 25, 2025, 04:10 PM

Dec 25

Last edited Thu Dec 25, 2025, 05:24 PM - Edit history (1)

The guys who eventually mined coal and built railroads had no restrictions on kidnapping people and selling them as slaves. The 1600s, more or less. And they bought grand estates and built castles.

Are deportations a budding slavery system? Any media accounts of what happens to these people?