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[–] LoreleiSankTheShip@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Capitalism didn't get the west wealthy. That was all the colonialism and imperialism taking wealth away from other places through slavery and exploitation. Capitalism just profited off of the fact Europe was already rich and powerful to further that divide.