• surph_ninja@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Any corrupt leaders are capable of committing genocide. The difference is capitalism requires genocide to continue functioning.

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      No it doesn’t. It requires imperialism. The genocides are simply efficient for the imperial machine creating settlements, but it’s not a requirement. They’re evidently avoidable and capitalists just repeatedly decide not to avoid it because they consider it cheaper to commit genocide rather than integrate more passively.