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Which world are you talking about? History is full of people exploiting other people. Mention any period of history where people were not trying their damn hardest to exploit other people?


You've the one making a positive claim. Let's see your evidence that this was the dominant mode of thought in all places and all times.


What are you talking about? You are the one that's making the following claim:

> That isn't "the world". It's a relatively small set of people in a relatively small chunk of history that see themselves as entitled to make endless profit ...

Which is a claim that can't be proven either way since you are talking about how people in all of history was thinking. In other words, you are making a claim that is just wishful thinking.


You have made a claim about "how the world works". Where's your backing for it?


You made the opposite claim. Where is your evidence for it?


Seems we're at an impasse.




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