get out. It says "some" perhaps in reference to the use of coins rather than barter. Any definition of capitalism that includes the middle ages as any sort of example does violence to the concept. Capitalism != feudalism. It may be a somewhat subjective term but that does not make it meaningless.
I am out of this conversation now. On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Gruss Gott<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Judah wrote: >> >> Actually she noted that capitalism is generally considered to have not taken >> hold until at least the Victorian era and considering you are trying to talk >> about a well regulated capitalistic market you certainly can't be talking >> about pre-anti trust. The Sherman Act was 1890 you are really looking at >> more like 120 years, max. >> > > Interesting conjecture good sir, but I would posit that since > "capitalism" is both a subjective term, but also a retroactive > definition, it's use can be applied in many contexts. For example, > Wikipedia notes that: > > "Capitalistic economic practices incrementally became > institutionalized in England between the 16th and 19th centuries, > although some features of capitalist organization existed in the > ancient world, and early aspects of merchant capitalism[10] flourished > during the Late Middle Ages.[11] Capitalism has been dominant in the > Western world since the end of feudalism." > > Which would mean that your conjecture about the use of a subjective > definition would, in fact, be wrong. > > However, what's most important here is that we understand how truly > worthless all the work done around this point is. > > Clearly it's some arcane nether-path only explored due to your > inability to have a discussion with someone who - and this isn't clear > - disagrees with you. > > You could learn a lot from Spock. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:298791 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
